list as an instance attribute

[Daniel Santos]

Here goes,

I have a base class that is the following :

class primitive:


	def __init__(self):
		self.name = ""
		self.transforms = []

	def copyInternalState(self, sourceObj, copyName):
		return null

	def copy(self, copyName):

		# copy the source object internal state
		primitiveCopy = self.copyInternalState(self, copyName)

		# copy the transformations
		primitiveCopy.transforms = []

		if self.transforms != []:
			for transf in self.transforms:
				primitiveCopy.transforms.append(transf.copy())

		return primitiveCopy

	# more methods. the ones listed should be enough to get the picture

And a derived class,

class CircularCilinder(primitive):


	def __init__(self, name):

		self.name = name
		self.baseCenterVertex = [0, 0, 0]
		self.heightVertex = [0, 1, 0]
		self.radius = 1

	def copyInternalState(self, sourceObj, copyName):

		copy = CircularCilinder(copyName)

		copy.setHeight(self.heightVertex[1])
		copy.setRadius(self.radius)

		return copy


I then have a script that creates a CircularCilinder,

cilinder = CircularCilinder("cilinder")
cilinderCopy = cilinder.copy("cilinderCopy")


when I run this script I get the error,

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./testscript.py", line 26, in <module>
    cilinderCopy = cilinder.copy("cilinderCopy")
  File "/cygdrive/d/cg/brlcad_api/trunk/src/ds_brlcad_modeler/api/primitive.py",
 line 64, in copy
    if self.transforms != []:
AttributeError: CircularCilinder instance has no attribute 'transforms'


the transforms instance attribute is not known in the derived class. But I
wanted to avoid adding a self.transforms = [] line to the derived class
__init__ method. That attribute is only to be known by the superclass.

Is there a way to do this ?


On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:28:12 -0700, Chris Rebert wrote:

> Cheers,
> Chris
> --
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> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:22 PM, André <andre.roberge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sep 12, 11:48 pm, Daniel Luis dos Santos <daniel.d... at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have an object definition :
>>>
>>> class primitive:
>>>
>>>         def __init__(self)
>>>                 self.name = ""
>>>                 self.transforms = []
>>>
>>>         def copy(self, copyName)
>>>
>>>                 copy = self.copyInternalState(copyName)  # method defined elsewhere
>>> in derived class
>>>
>>>                 if self.transforms != []
>>>                         for transf in self.transforms
>>>                                 copy.transforms.append(transf.copy())
>>>
>>> In short, what I want to is to have the transforms list as an instance
>>> attribute of the class. I will add objects to it. When I call the copy
>>> method on the object the list is to be copied to the new object.
>>>
>>> Problem is that the python interpreter is complaining that it doesn't
>>> know any self.transforms in the if statement.
>>>
>>> Help
>>
>> 1. Always post the actual code - the code you posted is not valid
>> Python as many colons (:) are missing.
>> 2. You appear to be attempting to use the same name (copy) both as a
>> method name AND as a local variable of that method.  This definitely
>> look wrong.
>>
>> Perhaps if you could post the actual offending code (the smallest
>> example showing the problem you observe) others might be able to help
>> you.
> 
> The full, exact error message and exception traceback would also be helpful.
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris