[Tutor] assign all parameters of __init__ to class variables?

[Steven D'Aprano]

Alex Hall wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a class which takes a large number of optional arguments for
> its __init__. Instead of going through every single one and assigning
> it to "self.[name]", is there some quick way to take all the
> parameters of the constructor and assign them all to self.[name] in
> one step?

If your class takes more than, oh, half a dozen parameters, that is 
often Nature's way of telling you the class is badly designed and tries 
to do Too Many Things.

But if you really need to:

     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.__dict__.update(kwargs)

Add your own error checking :)

Also, the above doesn't work with __slots__.



-- 
Steven