(Warning: this question obviously reflects the fact that I am more
accustomed to using Java than Python.)
Suppose I'm creating a class that represents a bearing or azimuth,
created either from a string of traditional bearing notation
("N24d30mE") or from a number indicating the angle in degrees as
usually measured in trigonometry (65.5, measured counter-clockwise
from the x-axis). The class will have methods to return the same
bearing in various formats.
In Java, I would write two constructors, one taking a single String
argument and one taking a single Double argument. But in Python, a
class can have only one __init__ method, although it can have a lot of
optional arguments with default values. What's the correct way to
deal with a situation like the one I've outlined above?
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