A slight variant is to dispatch on the init: class MyThing(object):
def __init__(self, **kwarg): s = kwarg['source']: if s == 'db': self._init_db(**kwarg) elif s == 'json': self._init_sson(**kwarg) else: raise ValueError("invalid source") def _init_db(self, **kwarg): pass def _init_json(self, **kwarg): pass -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pylons-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.