On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:24:55 +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 08/06/2010 17:04, Ross Williamson wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Just a quick question - Is it possible to assign class variables in the >> __init__() - i.e. somthing like: > > They're instance variables, not class variables.
In the usual Python terminology, they're instance *attributes*. If a float variable is a variable storing a float, and a string variable is a variable storing a string, then in a language like Python where classes are first-class objects a class variable is a variable storing a class. That's why Python has functions getattr, setattr and delattr, and special methods __getattr__ etc., rather than "getvar" etc. I realise that other languages use "class variable" and "instance variable" to mean something completely different, but we don't have to emulate their mistakes... *wink* -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
