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Re: What's the best way to write this base class?

Date 2011-06-18 06:24 -0500
From Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
Subject Re: What's the best way to write this base class?
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On 06/18/2011 05:55 AM, bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com wrote:
> On 18 juin, 06:17, John Salerno<johnj...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> class Character:
>>
>>      base_health = 50
>>      base_resource = 10
>>
>>      def __init__(self, name):
>>          self.name = name
>>          self.health = base_health
>>          self.resource = base_resource
>
> Did you at least tried this one ? Hint: it won't work.

If you want it, you can use

   self.health = Character.base_health

Though I'd treat them as semi-constants and capitalize them like 
your 3rd case:

   class Character(object):
     BASE_HEALTH = 50
     ...
     def __init__(...):
       ...
       self.health = Character.BASE_HEALTH

-tkc


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What's the best way to write this base class? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 21:17 -0700
  Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-18 14:53 +1000
  Re: What's the best way to write this base class? "bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com" <bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com> - 2011-06-18 03:55 -0700
    Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-06-18 06:24 -0500
      Re: What's the best way to write this base class? "bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com" <bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com> - 2011-06-18 06:37 -0700
        Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-18 08:51 -0600
  Re: What's the best way to write this base class? TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> - 2011-06-18 19:04 +0800
  Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-06-18 10:22 -0400
  Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-18 08:37 -0700
    Re: What's the best way to write this base class? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-18 09:26 -0700
      Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-19 02:34 +1000
      Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2011-06-19 18:52 -0700
        Re: What's the best way to write this base class? John Salerno <johnjsal@gmail.com> - 2011-06-19 21:04 -0700
          Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2011-06-20 00:12 -0700
          Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-06-20 07:57 -0400
            Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-20 12:31 -0600
          Re: What's the best way to write this base class? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-20 13:58 -0400

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