Code redundancy

[Alan Harris-Reid]

Andreas Löscher wrote:
> You can do something like this:
>
>   
>>>> class A(): pass
>>>> inst=)
>>>> exec("""
>>>>         
> ... a=
> ... b=2
> ... c=3
> ... d=4
> ... """) in inst.__dict__
>   
>>>>  inst.a
>>>>         
> 1
>   
>
> This executes the Statement in the exec function and uses inst.__dict__
> as namespace. But be aware, that this is not recommended. If you mess
> with __dict__, you won't be able to replace it with some logic
> (parameter) if you need to do something more than setting a variable.
>
> Best
Hi Andreas, thanks for the reply,

Looks like I'll be sticking with repeating the class-name for a while.

Regards,
Alan
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