On Mar 12, 5:42 pm, "Andrew Rekdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am working in the class constructor defining elements of an application.
> The problem is the file is getting unmanageble and I am wanting to extend the
> contructor __init__ to another file.
>
> Is it possible to import directly into the contructor the contents of another
> module file?
>
> If so how would this be done?
>
> Thanks -- andrew
First, you should consider breaking your __init__() method into
smaller pieces (methods) and calling those from within __init__().
That said, you can add attributes to an instance by means of its
__dict__ dict attribute:
|>> class foo:
|>> def __init__(self):
|>> self.__dict__['hi'] = ['An object']
|>> print self.__dict__
|>>
|>> f = foo()
{'hi': ['An object']}
|>> f.hi
['An object']
You might try:
|>> exec 'from sys import *' in f.__dict__
Now everything in sys appears in f:
|>> f.copyright
'Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation.\nAll Rights
Reserved.\n\nCopyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.\nAll Rights Reserved.\n
\nCopyright (c) 1995-2001 Corporation for National Research
Initiatives.\nAll Rights Reserved.\n\nCopyright (c) 1991-1995
Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam.\nAll Rights Reserved.'
HTH,
~Simon
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