On 2007-08-15, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Cerutti wrote: > >>> >>> Doesn't __init__ get called automatically ? >> >> It gets called automatically when you construct an instance of >> the class in which it's defined. > > I am a little confused by your statements now. > > In my earlier posts in the same thread, I gave some code example which was > something like this: > > class Log: > def __init__(): > if os.name == 'posix': > try: > import foobar > except ImportError, e: > print >> sys.stderr, e > > (Sorry for the bad indentation) > > Now, what do you mean here by "construct an instance of the class in which > it is defined" ? > > __init__() _is_ defined in the Log class and I try to create an instance of > the class Log as: > > log = Log() > > Assuming it is run on a box which is POSIX compliant, the > try/import should fail and I should see an error message > because there is no module named foobar. But I don't see that. > And this is what exactly I wanted to get clarified in this > whole thread. (But still haven't got a clear answer to a > Yes/No). > > Or am I terribly missing something that you are trying to tell ?
I didn't see log = Log() in your example. Sorry for the excursion. Are you sure os.name is 'posix' on your system? -- Neil Cerutti We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we really need? --Lee Iacocca -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
