On Oct 22, 11:43 am, Steven Bethard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > > Contents of input text file: > > > [Name] > > Fire Breathing Dragon > > > [Properties] > > Strength > > Scariness > > Endurance > > > [Methods] > > eatMaiden argMaiden > > fightKnight argKnight > > > Generated Python Class File: > > > def class FireBreathingDragon: > > > def getStrength(self): > > """ > > Docstring goes here. > > > @return > > @rtype > > """ > > return self.strength > > > def setStrength(self, argStrength): > > """ > > Docstring goes here. > > > @param argStrength > > @ptype > > """ > > return self.strength > > > def eatMaiden(self, argMaiden): > > """ > > Docstring goes here. > > > @param argMaiden > > @ptype > > """ > > This should instead generate:: > > # Inherit from object. There's no reason to create old-style classes. > class FireBreathingDragon(object): > > # Python is not Java. You don't need getters and setters. > # Use public attributes. If you ever decide later that you > # need different attributes, you can always use property() > # to make your getters and setters look like public attributes > def __init__(self, stregth, scariness, endurance): > self.strength = strength > self.scariness = scariness > self.endurance = endurance > > STeVe- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Thank you for the advice Steve. I didn't know that I should inherit from Object. I will change my existing Python code accordingly. Scott Huey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
