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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Hack-n-Slash Game Planning

vincent schouten
vincent schouten
9,687 Points
Posted by vincent schouten
vincent schouten
9,687 Points

It's not clear to me the difference between __init__ and setup.

I am full aware of the capabilities of init. It will set given attributes on creaton. But, I am not able to grasp the use of setup. Could somebody please elaborate more on setup? Thank you

2 Answers

Abdul hamid Achik Lopez
Abdul hamid Achik Lopez
15,659 Points

well, the "init" method is part of the object's methods defined by python, see dir(object) and you will see it, for more info check out the documentation, when you create an instance of a object... the method that automatically runs itself its "init"

however the setup method explained in the video is defined by kenneth, he could had used 

def configurate(self):
####instructions

and that would still work the same way.

in other words... "init" runs itself when you make an instance of an object and "setup()" has to be called in order to work

cheers

vincent schouten
vincent schouten
9,687 Points
vincent schouten
vincent schouten
9,687 Points

Hi Abdul, thanks for taking the time to explain it. Highly appreciated! Thanks

Anthony Attard
Anthony Attard
43,915 Points
Anthony Attard
Anthony Attard
43,915 Points

From the teachers notes:

"Wait, why didn't we use __init__ instead of setup?

Well, if we want to have functionality in our Game class for restarting the game, we can call setup() but we wouldn't want to try and re-initialize our class from the inside."