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Does adding values to a dictionary in the constructor violate that "a constructor shouldn't do work"?
Some what of a followup to this question.
Suppose I have a Player class with a dictionary call attributes that holds the Health and Mana of the player. In this example, I'll use Python, but my ...
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Does creating a list in the constructor violate the guideline that a constructor shouldn't do work?
I was reading these pages (1,2,3), but I'm still unsure if this violates the guideline.
I have the following data being read from a website:
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Should I put the parameters in constructor or in method? (Python 3)
I have the following code:
def __init__(self, vocable_file_path, xsd_file_path, word_list_file_path):
self.vocable_file_path = vocable_file_path
self.xsd_file_path = xsd_file_path
self....
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Conversion methods: from_xxx() or to_xxx(), is there a reason I shouldn't stick with to_xxx()?
I have a C++ library that I'm converting to Python. In the C++ library I have multiple constructors and many different types of conversion functions (think radians to degrees, and different types of ...
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Why constructor inheritance is not supported in Python? [closed]
Consider the case where I have the following classes,
class A:
def __init__(self):
print("Class A")
class B(A):
def __init__(self):
print("Class B")
b = B()
The expected ...
