For these localized initialization blocks, I don't see anything wrong with:
_ = self _.var1 = 5 _.var2 = "a value" _.var3 = stuff _.var4 = [2,54,7,7] _.var5 = "dingaling" _.var6 = 6.4 _.var7 = 1 _.var8 = False _.var9 = True Or if you wanted to simulate something like using or with: for _ in [self]: _.var1 = 5 _.var2 = "a value" _.var3 = stuff _.var4 = [2,54,7,7] _.var5 = "dingaling" _.var6 = 6.4 _.var7 = 1 _.var8 = False _.var9 = True -- Paul -- Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list