Python Classes

[Erik Jones]

On Aug 28, 2007, at 12:04 AM, Lamonte Harris wrote:

> How come you have to set the initialized created variables to equal  
> the parameters, shouldn't that be default?
>
> class testing:
>          def __init__(self,testing):
>                    self.testing = testing
> x = testing("testing")
> print x.testing
>
>
> How come self.testing = testing
>
> Can someone explain that in more detail, just confused on why you  
> have to set it up like that.
> -- 

Simple Answer:

Because language should never set variable values "by default".   
That's what programmers are for.  There may be application domains  
where *some* defaulting behavior makes sense, but that's what  
frameworks and DSLs are for.

Erik Jones

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