On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:08 AM, Gerald Britton <gerald.brit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have a class that takes a bunch of optional arguments. They're all >> optional, with default values of various types. For simplicity, let's say >> some are ints and some are floats: class Spam: >> def __init__(self, bashful=10.0, doc=20.0, dopey=30.0, >> grumpy=40, happy=50, sleepy=60, sneezy=70): >> # the usual assign arguments to attributes dance... >> self.bashful = bashful >> self.doc = doc >> # etc. > > > This looks like a situation where the GoF Builder pattern might help
Can you elaborate on what "GoF builder" means? Presumably it's a special case of the builder pattern, but my Google-fu has failed me on this one. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
