[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve wrote: >> I often find myself writing:: >> >> class grouping: >> >> def __init__(self, x, y, z): >> self.x = x >> self.y = y >> self.z = z >> # real code, finally >> >> This becomes a serious nuisance in complex applications with long >> argument lists > > Yes... indeed it does. This is so common that there is a standard > idiom for handling it: > > def __init__(self, x, y, z): > self.__dict__.update(locals()) > > sometimes with modifications to avoid setting self.self.
>> I am actually using a simple trick:: >> >> adopt_init_args(self, locals()) > > If the implementation is only 3-4 lines long (and a simpler > implementation can be), then is can simply be included inline with > every script that needs to use it. > >> - The ``adopt_init_args(self, locals())`` incantation is hard to >> remember and difficult to explain to new-comers. > > A better name would help with this. The need for locals() is > unavoidable. Ahem - sys._getframe() Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
