[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am a C++ developer with only a little experience using Python. I
> want to create a Python class where by I can construct an instance from
> that class based on one of two different object types.
>
> For example, if I were programming in C++, I would do the something
> like the following:
>
> class MyClass
> {
> public:
> MyClass(const SomeType& type);
> MyClass(const SomeOtherType& type);
> ...
> };
How about using a classmethod as an alternate constructor:
py> class C(object):
... def __init__(self, i):
... self.i = i
... @classmethod
... def fromstr(cls, s):
... return cls(int(s))
...
py> C(1).i
1
py> C.fromstr('2').i
2
STeVe
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