[Tutor] multiple class instances

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Mon, 10 May 1999, Corran Webster wrote:

> I suspect that you're thinking in C++ terms here - Python is much more
> dynamic, so the correct place to create instance data is in the __init__
> method as follows:
> 
> class Spam:
>   def __init__(self):
>     self.choice = "I'll have the spam."

It's only necessary to create it in __init__ if it's necessary for the
instantiation of the class. Otherwise, it can be done in any method with
the self directive. (I'm more from the C++ school where you'd write a
method to fuss with any variables rather than manipulating them directly
outside the class definition)

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