On 5 aug, 20:28, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 05/08/2012 19:04, Jean Dubois wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 5 aug, 02:11, shearich...@gmail.com wrote: > >> One reason you may be having difficulty is that unlike some languages > >> (C++/Java) object-orientation is not a be all and end all in Python, in > >> fact you could work with Python for a long time without really 'doing it' > >> at all (well other than calling methods/properties on existing API's). > >> Having said that here's what I would suggest ... > > >> Could do worse than this : > > >>http://www.diveintopython.net/object_oriented_framework/index.html > > > This example seems to tell you need the concept of dictionaries to > > explain object oriented programming, is this really necessary? > >> and this > > >>http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html > > Unfortunately, the trouble with this explanation is exactly what made > > me ask the original question: it starts from concepts in c++ making it > > very hard to understand for someone who does not know that language > > already. > > >> read together. > > >> Judging by your question this is a probably a little advanced for now but > >> you could bookmark it for the future: > > >>http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-design-patterns-through-... > > >> Here's the corresponding PDF to go with the video: > > >>http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/45/Practical%20Python%20Patterns... > > Can someone here on this list give a trivial example of what object > > oriented programming is, using only Python? > > > thanks in advance > > Jean > > Try thishttp://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/OOP.shtml??? > > -- > Cheers. > > Mark Lawrence. Thanks, this one is a lot better. Could you just tell me what the use is of the following lines: """Class docstring.""" """Method docstring.""" """Method docstring.""" Taken from the following code fragment (I really want to understand every bit of code, and the author doesn't mention this)
class OurClass(object): """Class docstring.""" def __init__(self, arg1, arg2): """Method docstring.""" self.arg1 = arg1 self.arg2 = arg2 def printargs(self): """Method docstring.""" print self.arg1 print self.arg2 thanks in advance jean -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list