Newbie Question regarding __init__()

[Simon]

Okay I will fix my code and include "self" and see what happens.  I
know I tried that before and got another error which I suspect was
another newbie error.

The idea behind the init_Pre is that I can put custom code here to
customize the __init__ instead of creating a new subclass.  This kind
of hook pattern allows you to flatten your inheritance hierarchy.  I
can choose in the init_Pre method to execute code before the init_exec
(which contains the default __init__ code) and still execute the
init_Exec method or I can completely customize the entire __init__ by
returning False from init_Pre and prevent the init_Exec from being
called.  I use this type of pattern with almost all my methods.  In
this way I can create a less complicated inheritance chain but still
have have custom code when needed without sub-classing.

I am use to Visual FoxPro which where you can do

=This.init_Pre().And.This.init_Exec() and the result is discarded so
that is why it looks the way it does.  In this form init_Exec has to
return a value.  However, If self.init_Pre(): self.init_Exec() would
work the same and then I could avoid returning a value.

Thanks,
Simon


On Aug 1, 5:52 am, Dave Angel <da... at ieee.org> wrote:
> Nat Williams wrote:
> > As MRAB described, ALL instance methods need to accept 'self' as a first
> > parameter, as that will be passed to them implicitly when they are called.
> > This includes __init__.  The name 'self' is just a commonly accepted
> > convention for the name of the instance object passed to methods.  You don't
> > have to call it that, but you really should.
>
> > Take a look athttp://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html#class-objects
> > It might help shed some light on how methods and instances work.
>
> > One other thing.  I'm a little confused by the first line of
> > dcObject.__init__:
>
> > self.init_Pre() and self.init_Exec()
>
> > I suspect this does not do what you think it does.  init_Pre and init_Exec
> > will both be called by this expression (unless init_Pre throws an exception,
> > of course).  You're not getting anything here that you wouldn't by just
> > calling each method on a separate line, except just making it harder to
> > read.
>
> Read the doc-string for init_Pre() and for init_Exec().  The final
> version of init_Pre() will return False in some circumstances, and in
> those circumstances Simon doesn't want init_Exec() to be called.  He's
> deliberately using the short-circuit evaluation of  'and'  to accomplish
> that.
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> > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Simon <dciphercomput... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> Hi
>
> >> So should the dcObject class include the "self" as well since I have
> >> not defined an __init__ method in dcCursor?
>
> >> Simon
>
> >> --
> >>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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> Every one of those methods in both of those classes need a "self" first
> argument.  As others have said, all instance methods need a 'self.'