Alan Harris-Reid, 20.04.2010 15:43:
During my Python (3.1) programming I often find myself having to repeat
code such as...
class1.attr1 = 1
class1.attr2 = 2
class1.attr3 = 3
class1.attr4 = 4
etc.
Is there any way to achieve the same result without having to repeat the
class1 prefix? Before Python my previous main language was Visual
Foxpro, which had the syntax...
with class1
.attr1 = 1
.attr2 = 2
.attr3 = 3
.attr4 = 4
etc.
endwith
Is there any equivalent to this in Python?
There's more than one way to do this, depending on your actual needs and
the source of the attributes. I assume this is done in __init__?
This might work for you:
self.__dict__.update(attr1=1, attr2=2, attr3=3, attr4=4)
You should also think once more about the use of the code you presented
above, having to set all those attributes may have a little smell. Maybe
that's totally ok, but since you mention that you "often" find yourself
doing the above, you may also have a mental design problem somewhere. We
can't tell unless you provide a more concrete example than what you show above.
Stefan
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