Variable class instantiation

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:36:13 +0000, Sion Arrowsmith wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano  <steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au> wrote:
>>thisModule = __import__(__name__)
>>classToUse = thisModule.__dict__['C1']
> 
> Any reason to prefer this over:
> 
> classToUse = getattr(thisModule, 'C1')
> 
> ? (I think, for a module, they should do exactly the same thing.
> Personally, I prefer keeping explicit references to __special names__ to
> a minimum.)

No, no reason at all. I just forgot about getttr.



-- 
Steven