I am working on a script at the moment, in which I seem to need to re-initialise a class instance from within some of its methods. Before I go too much further down this route - could anyone comment on whether the call self.__init__() is in itself considered bad style or 'unpythonic'?
For instance, is it better to create a 'reset' method, which is called both by __init__ and by the methods which are wanting to force a re-initialisation?
Personally I would make a reset() method, the intent is clearer and it is less prone to breakage if for some reason you change __init__ later.
Kent
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