On 09-04-27 05:09 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
[Trent]
Or we could have:
RationalVersion(...version bits...)
RationalVersion.from_string(s) # this is a @classmethod
[Tres]
I would prefer keeping the string version of __init__, with the "I'm in
control, dammit" version reserved for the non-default factory method.
I'd tend to agree, but I don't feel strongly about it.
I agree. The more common one will be the string version, it should be
__init__.
I prefer `from_string` for the following reasons:
- `__init__` is typically expected to accept object components as
arguments, rather than a parse-able string.
- `RationalVersion.from_string('...')` is much more explicit than
`RationalVersion('...')` and explicit is better than implicit. Besides,
the standard library has several instances of `from_string`.
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