[Tutor] __init__.py

[Shidai Liu]

On 5/23/05, Joseph Quigley <cpu.crazy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've seen many (python) "plugins" (some located in site-packages [windows
> here]) with the name __init__.py.
> What's their use?
> class foo:
> def __init__:
> print "this starts first"
> def foo1():
> print "this comes later. Init initializes the chain of functions in this
> class
> 
> Now, i've never used a program (i can't seem to grasp all the self, and
> other things in OOP yet) with __init__ but I know what __init__ does in a
> class, not as a file name.
> I'm asking this out of curiosity, not for help.
> JQ


__init__.py will be executed when a package is imported.
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