On Aug 4, 12:58 pm, "Eric J. Van der Velden" <ericjvandervel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Suppose > > class C: > def __init__(self,name):self.name=name > > I was wondering if I could make the __init__ a lambda function, but > > class C: > __init__=lambda self,self.name:None > > and then later, > > C('Hello') > > does not work; the first argument, self, is assigned all rigth, but > you cannot write the second argument with a dot, self.name . > Or can I somehow?
__init__=lambda self,name:setattr(self,'name',name) However if you actually do this, you need to be smacked upside the head. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list