2008/3/13, Robert Rawlins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Guys, > > Well thanks for the response, I followed your advice and chopped out all > the > crap from my class, right down to the bare __init__ and the setter method, > however, the problem continued to persist. > > However, Robert mentioned something about unindented lines which got me > thinking so I deleted my tab indents on that method and replaces them with > standard space-bar indents and it appears to have cured the problem. > > Usually my Eclipse IDE throws up an error about this but for some reason > decided not too this time around, what a PITA. > > Thanks for the ideas guys, I appreciate it. > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] > On Behalf Of Robert Bossy > Sent: 13 March 2008 15:51 > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: "Attribute Doesnt Exist" ... but.... it does :-s > > Robert Rawlins wrote: > > > > Hello Guys, > > > > I've got an awfully aggravating problem which is causing some > > substantial hair loss this afternoon J I want to get your ideas on > > this. I am trying to invoke a particular method in one of my classes, > > and I'm getting a runtime error which is telling me the attribute does > > not exist. > > > > I'm calling the method from within __init__ yet it still seems to > > think it doesn't exist. > > > > Code: > > > > # Define the RemoteDevice class. > > > > class *remote_device*: > > > > # I'm the class constructor method. > > > > def *__init__*(/self/, message_list=/""/): > > > > /self/.set_pending_list(message_list) > > > > def *set_pending_list*(/self/, pending_list): > > > > # Set the message list property. > > > > /self/.pending_list = message_list > > > > And the error message which I receive during the instantiation of the > > class: > > > > File: "/path/to/my/files/remote_device.py", line 22, in __init__ > > > > self.set_pending_list(message_list) > > > > AttributeError: remote_device instance has no attribute > 'set_pending_list' > > > > Does anyone have the slightest idea why this might be happening? I can > > see that the code DOES have that method in it, I also know that I > > don't get any compile time errors so that should be fine. I know it > > mentions line 22 in the error, but I've chopped out a load of non > > relevant code for the sake of posting here. > > > Hi, > I don't get this error if I run your code. Maybe the irrelevant code > causes the error: my guess is that there's a parenthesis mismatch or an > undeindented line. > > Btw, calls to set_pending_list will fail since the name "message_list" > is not defined in its scope. Please follow Chris Mellon's advice. > > Cheers, > RB > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
All the more reason to use VIM and set it to auto-indent / remove 4 spaces with tab & backspace. =)
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