Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Hi, > > I've been very confused about why this doesn't work. I mean I don't see any > reason why this has been made not to work. > > class Log: > > def __init__(self, verbose, lock = None): > > if verbose is True: > self.VERBOSE = True > else: self.VERBOSE = False > > > if lock is None or lock != 1: > self.DispLock = False > else: > self.DispLock = threading.Lock() > self.lock = True > > if os.name == 'posix': > self.platform = 'posix' > self.color = get_colors() > > elif os.name in ['nt', 'dos']: > self.platform = 'microsoft' > > try: > import SomeModule > except ImportError: > self.Set_Flag = None > > if self.Set_Flag is not None: > self.color = SomeModule.get_colors_windows() > > else: > self.platform = None > self.color = None > > When I create an object the "import" part never gets executed. Is there a > reason behind it ? > I mean I'd like to keep my class as independent as I want. So that when > later I need to use it somewhere else, I don't need to know if it depends > on any modules. > > Currently, the way I'm left is to globally go and import the module and set > a flag there. > > > Ritesh
You do realize your import statement will only be called for nt and dos systems don't you? James -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
