As MRAB described, ALL instance methods need to accept 'self' as a first parameter, as that will be passed to them implicitly when they are called. This includes __init__. The name 'self' is just a commonly accepted convention for the name of the instance object passed to methods. You don't have to call it that, but you really should.
Take a look at http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html#class-objects It might help shed some light on how methods and instances work. One other thing. I'm a little confused by the first line of dcObject.__init__: self.init_Pre() and self.init_Exec() I suspect this does not do what you think it does. init_Pre and init_Exec will both be called by this expression (unless init_Pre throws an exception, of course). You're not getting anything here that you wouldn't by just calling each method on a separate line, except just making it harder to read. Nat On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Simon <dciphercomput...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > So should the dcObject class include the "self" as well since I have > not defined an __init__ method in dcCursor? > > Simon > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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