reinitialize an object with self.__init__(...)
- by Kara Jevo
Could anybody explain whether it is safe to reinitialize an object by calling "self.init(". as shown in the following simplified example?
The reason i'm asking is that i couldn't find this method neither in several python books nor in internet. There are some who suggest to list all attributes and set them to initial value one by one. Basically i want to set my object to initial state after it has finished some tasks.
class Book(object):
def __init__(self,name,author):
self.name = name
self.author = author
self.copies = 5
def reset(self):
self.__init__(self.name,self.author)
def incrementCopy(self):
self.copies += 1
Kite = Book('kite runner','khaled hosseini')
print 'initial number of copies:', Kite.copies
Kite.incrementCopy()
Kite.incrementCopy()
Kite.incrementCopy()
print '3 copies are added:', Kite.copies
Kite.reset()
print 'number of copies are reinitialized', Kite.copies
initial number of copies: 5
3 copies are added: 8
number of copies are reinitialized 5
