EP wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is likely a stupid question, but I am confused about what is going
> on with class attributes as far as whether they "stick". I ran across
> this in a program I am writing, but have reproduced the behavoir below
> - can someone point me in the right direction (thanks):
>
> class AttStickiness(object):
> def __init__(self, myname="", mysex=""):
> self.name=myname
> self.sex=mysex
>
> def changeSex(self, newsex=""):
> self.mysex=newsex
> return self.mysex
>
You might want self.sex = newsex and return self.sex here.
See __slots__ and PyChecker for possible ways to avoid misspelled
instance variables.
> def changeName(self, newname=""):
> self.name=newname
> return self.name
>
> def whoAmI(self):
> return self.name, self. sex
>
> >>> me=AttStickiness("Eric","Male")
>
> >>> me.whoAmI()
> ('Eric', 'Male')
>
> >>> me.changeName("Jimbo")
> 'Jimbo'
>
> >>> me.whoAmI()
> ('Jimbo', 'Male')
>
> >>> me.changeSex("female")
> 'female'
>
> >>> me.whoAmI()
> ('Jimbo', 'Male')
>
>
> [while it is comforting to know my sex isn't so easily changed, this
> has confounded me in real code]
>
> thx,
>
> Eric
Regards, Paul
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