John Salerno wrote: > James Stroud wrote: > > >>This is because that list is an attribute of the class. Instances have a >>reference of this class attribute, but it can be replaced by an >>attribute of the instance with self (self is a reference to the instance >>and not the class. This example might help: > > > Ah, I see! So within my create_menubar() method, would it better to > refer to menu_items as DataAccessFrame.menu_items? Or does it not matter > in this case, since I'm not reassigning it per instance?
I'd prefer to use a self-relative reference, though either works in your example. That way the code will work for subclasses with different menus too. Perhaps not relevant in your case, but a general point. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
