Code redundancy

[Alan Harris-Reid]

Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
> Alan Harris-Reid wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> During my Python (3.1) programming I often find myself having to 
>> repeat code such as...
>>
>> class1.attr1 = 1
>> class1.attr2 = 2
>> class1.attr3 = 3
>> class1.attr4 = 4
>> etc.
>>
>> Is there any way to achieve the same result without having to repeat 
>> the class1 prefix?  Before Python my previous main language was 
>> Visual Foxpro, which had the syntax...
>>
>> with class1
>>   .attr1 = 1
>>   .attr2 = 2
>>   .attr3 = 3
>>   .attr4 = 4
>>   etc.
>> endwith
>>
>> Is there any equivalent to this in Python?
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Alan Harris-Reid
> Hello,
>
> Use an effective text editor, repeating stuff should not be a problem. 
> In a more general manner, avoid trying to speed your writing while you 
> should care speeding the reading.
> Most of the tricks you could use will confuse the reader (unless the 
> reader is familiar with Visual foxpro).
>
> Anyway,
>
> for attrName, value in [
>    ('attr1', 1),
>    ('attr2', 2),
>    ('attr3', 3),
>    ]:
>    setattr(class1, attrName, value)
>
> or
>
> class Foo:
>    def __init__(self):
>       self.attr1=None
>       self.attr2=None
>       self.attr3=None
>
>    def set(self, *args, **kwargs):
>       for k in kwargs:
>          if hasattr(self, k):
>              setattr(self, k, kwargs[k])
>          else:
>            raise AttributeError('%s instance has no attribute "%s"' % 
> (self.__class__.__name__, k))
>
> f = Foo()
> f.set(attr1=25)
> print f.__dict__
> f.set(attr3=4, attr2=89)
> print f.__dict__
> f.set(bar= 8)
>
> output:
> {'attr2': None, 'attr3': None, 'attr1': 25}
> {'attr2': 89, 'attr3': 4, 'attr1': 25}
> AttributeError: Foo instance has no attribute "bar"
>
>
> JM
>
Hi Jean-Michel,

Interesting solutions, but I think for the effort involved (and 
readability) I'll stick to repeating the class.

Regards,
Alan