John O'Hagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > insofar as one is only interested in accessing methods, is there an > difference in efficiency (for large enough number of methods and > arguments) between > > a) passing all arguments to __init__() and accessing them via self > within individual methods: > > class = Class(all_class_args) > class.method_a() > class.method_b() > ... > or > > b) passing the arguments needed by each method when it is called on > an instance: > > class = Class() > class.method_a(a_args) > class.method_b(b_args) > ...
Note that you've chosen confusing names for the above. When you call the class, the return value will be an *instance of* the class, so binding the name ‘class’ to that return value has two problems: it's a misnomer, and it's a syntax error because ‘class’ is a reserved word. As for your actual question: Write code that's clear in intent, and worry about efficiency only when you *measure* a performance problem. -- \ “First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing, for verbing | `\ weirds language. Then, they arrival for the nouns and I speech | _o__) nothing, for I no verbs.” —Peter Ellis | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
