John Salerno wrote: [ ... ] > 1) > class Character: > def __init__(self, name, base_health=50, base_resource=10): > self.name = name > self.health = base_health > self.resource = base_resource > > 2) > class Character: > base_health = 50 > base_resource = 10 > def __init__(self, name): > self.name = name > self.health = base_health > self.resource = base_resource > > 3) > BASE_HEALTH = 50 > BASE_RESOURCE = 10 > class Character: > def __init__(self, name): > self.name = name > self.health = BASE_HEALTH > self.resource = BASE_RESOURCE
For completeness, there's also 4) Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:09:56) [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> class Character (object): ... health = 50 ... def __init__ (self, name): ... self.name = name ... print self.name, self.health ... >>> Character ('Eunice') Eunice 50 where the class attribute is used until it's overridden in the instance. Mel. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list