On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 6:14:34 AM UTC-5, Alister wrote: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:52:29 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 02:43:13 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > > > > > I think a claim that in all programs all attributes > > > should be set *in* __init__, as opposed to *during* > > > initialization, is wrong. All attribute setting is side- > > > effect from a functional view (and usually 'bad' to a > > > functionalist). There is no reason to not delegate some > > > of it to sub-init functions when it makes sense to do do. > > > There is good reason to do so when it makes the code > > > easier to understand *and test*. > > > > That is really well said Terry, thank you for articulating > > what I was thinking but couldn't find the words for. > > but why would a functional programmer be programming an OOP > class?
The question does indeed beg, but we're not allowed to question mandates form "on high", we are simply required to follow them. IOWs, "Do as they _say_, not as logic dictates" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
