Please see my comment at the bottom hint hint :)
On 06/08/2012 16:38, Ramchandra Apte wrote:
Its a docstring - it documents the function/class
Did you know that docstrings can be used for testing - look at the doctest
standard library module!
try:
class A:
def method(self):
'''Sample method
This method does the difficult task X.
Call this method with no arguments.'''#docstring
pass
then type :
help(A.method)
And viola!
On 6 August 2012 20:26, Jean Dubois <jeandubois...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 5 aug, 20:28, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
On 05/08/2012 19:04, Jean Dubois wrote:
On 5 aug, 02:11, shearich...@gmail.com wrote:
One reason you may be having difficulty is that unlike some languages
(C++/Java) object-orientation is not a be all and end all in Python, in
fact you could work with Python for a long time without really 'doing it'
at all (well other than calling methods/properties on existing API's).
Having said that here's what I would suggest ...
Could do worse than this :
http://www.diveintopython.net/object_oriented_framework/index.html
This example seems to tell you need the concept of dictionaries to
explain object oriented programming, is this really necessary?
and this
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html
Unfortunately, the trouble with this explanation is exactly what made
me ask the original question: it starts from concepts in c++ making it
very hard to understand for someone who does not know that language
already.
read together.
Judging by your question this is a probably a little advanced for now
but you could bookmark it for the future:
http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-design-patterns-through-.
..
Here's the corresponding PDF to go with the video:
http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/45/Practical%20Python%20Patterns.
..
Can someone here on this list give a trivial example of what object
oriented programming is, using only Python?
thanks in advance
Jean
Try thishttp://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/OOP.shtml???
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Cheers.
Mark Lawrence.
Thanks, this one is a lot better. Could you just tell me what the use
is of the following lines:
"""Class docstring."""
"""Method docstring."""
"""Method docstring."""
Taken from the following code fragment (I really want to understand
every bit of code, and the author doesn't mention this)
class OurClass(object):
"""Class docstring."""
def __init__(self, arg1, arg2):
"""Method docstring."""
self.arg1 = arg1
self.arg2 = arg2
def printargs(self):
"""Method docstring."""
print self.arg1
print self.arg2
thanks in advance
jean
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Ramchandra Apte will you please stop top posting. In your native
language you may well but from bottom to top, but this news group
prefers reading top to bottom :) Thanks.
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