Nathan Harmston wrote:
> is there way I can define conversion functions like this:
>
> say i have a class A and a class B
>
> bobj = B()
> aobj = a(bobj)
>
> in a neater way than just defining a set of methods
>
> def a(object_to_convert)
> # if object_to_convert of type......
> # do some stuff
> return A()
>
> def b(object_to_convert)
> # if object_to_convert of type......
> # do some stuff
> return B()
>
> Cause this seems a little verbose and not very OO.
Yes, simply write something like
class a(object):
def __init__(self, parameter):
if isinstance(parameter, B):
# conversion from B to a
else:
# something else
Something like that is called "conversion constructor". At least in
C++.
Regards,
Björn
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