On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 02:43:13 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > I think a claim that in all programs all attributes should be set *in* > __init__, as opposed to *during* initialization, is wrong. All > attribute setting is side-effect from a functional view (and usually > 'bad' to a functionalist). There is no reason to not delegate some of > it to sub-init functions when it makes sense to do do. There is good > reason to do so when it makes the code easier to understand *and test*.
That is really well said Terry, thank you for articulating what I was thinking but couldn't find the words for. -- Steve -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list