On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 10:37, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote: > One approach I have taken in order to avoid copiously over-documenting > every super() using class is to decouple different phases of > initialization by making __init__ as simple as possible (setting a few > attributes, resisting the temptation to calculate things), and then > providing class methods like '.fromString' or '.forUnserialize' that > create instances that have been completely constructed for a particular > purpose. That way the signatures are much more likely to line up across > inheritance hierarchies. Perhaps this should be a suggested "best > practice" when using super() as well?
Yep, I've done the same thing. It's definitely a good practice. -Barry
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