On Jun 9, 8:13 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kaushik wrote: > > Hi, > > i'm new to python , and i came across a code like > > > if ("on_%s" % handler ) in self._dir: > > > i tried use the a similar method in my class it errors out like > > > AttributeError: bot instance has no attribute '_dir' > > > what am i doing wrong? > > self._dir is just an attribute that has previously been set somewhere. For > example, like this: > > class Foo(object): > def __init__(self): > self._dir = "I'm a fancy value" > > So without you providing more code I presume you try to subclass something > and didn't properly set up the base-class - probably missing a call to the > super class' constructor. > > Diez
Thanks Diez! that explains a lot :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list