Re: Dumb*ss newbie Q

2005-03-29 Thread Captain Dondo
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:42:22 -0600, Larry Bates wrote: > Others have answered your specific question, I thought I > would add some suggestions (not tested): > > 1) You don't need a separate set_title method. You can > change the title attribute at any time by just saying > m.title="new title".

Re: Dumb*ss newbie Q

2005-03-28 Thread Larry Bates
Others have answered your specific question, I thought I would add some suggestions (not tested): 1) You don't need a separate set_title method. You can change the title attribute at any time by just saying m.title="new title". No method is required unless you need to do some pre/post processing

Use informative subject lines! (was Re: Dumb*ss newbie Q)

2005-03-27 Thread beliavsky
A subject line should say what the message is about, for example "Create HTML tag using objects (newbie Q)" and enable people who are not interested in or knowledgable about a topic to skip it, while grabbing the attention of people who are knowledgable/interested. -- http://mail.python.org/mai

Re: Dumb*ss newbie Q

2005-03-27 Thread Captain Dondo
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:15:34 +, Jp Calderone wrote: > > Notice that you have a method named "url" as well as an attribute > named "url". You have the same problem for "thumb". These methods > and attributes are in collision with each other. When you try to > look up the

Re: Dumb*ss newbie Q

2005-03-27 Thread Jp Calderone
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:06:05 -0800, Captain Dondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > def url (self): > self.url = ... > > def thumb (self): > self.thumb = ... > > [snip] > > The problem is that m.html in the test section fails with > > TypeError: cannot concatenat

Dumb*ss newbie Q

2005-03-27 Thread Captain Dondo
OK, I know this is covered somewhere in Python 101, but for the life of me I cannot figure this out. I really need a basic intro to Python book I am trying to do something very simple - create an HTML tag using objects: class Movie: def __init__ (self, t="", a="", d=""): #