On Aug 28, 2007, at 12:04 AM, Lamonte Harris wrote:
> How come you have to set the initialized created variables to equal
> the parameters, shouldn't that be default?
>
> class testing:
> def __init__(self,testing):
> self.testing = testing
> x = testing("testing")
> print x.testing
>
>
> How come self.testing = testing
>
> Can someone explain that in more detail, just confused on why you
> have to set it up like that.
> --
Simple Answer:
Because language should never set variable values "by default".
That's what programmers are for. There may be application domains
where *some* defaulting behavior makes sense, but that's what
frameworks and DSLs are for.
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