CLEANING: dictionary in constructor are usually not a good idea
That is not what you are suppose to do.
What do you want to achieve with a dictionary? Why not using keywords? If it is to avoid writing all the arguments when calling the function be aware that there are method for that:
class MySuperClass(object):
'''This is a dummy class just for you
Attributes:
-----------
dummy_member: float
That is the main part of this class.
'''
def __init__(self, dummy_member, time_ten=False, multiplicator=None, power_of_two=True, *args, **kwargs):
'''Initialize a new instance (=object) of MySuperClass
Parameters:
-----------
dummy_member : float
value of the dummy_member
time_ten : bool, optional, default=False
if set to True dummy_member value will be multiplied by 10
multiplicator : float, optional, default=None
if given multiplies the dummy_member value.
power_of_two : bool, optional, default=True
if True the given dummy_member value will be squared.
'''
self.dummy_member = dummy_member
if time_ten:
self.dummy_member = 10. * self.dummy_member
if multiplicator is not None:
self.dummy_member = multiplicator * self.dummy_member
if power_of_two:
self.dummy_member = self.dummy_member * self.dummy_member
This can then be called like:
planete_keywords = {'time_ten': True,
'multiplicator': 25.,
'power_of_two': True }
planete = MySuperClass(120., **planete_keywords)
the *
and **
operators transform a tuple
and a dict
into a list of parameters
and keywords
respectively.
def function_with_params(a, b, c):
...
return(d)
can be called:
function_with_params(1., 2., 3.)
or in the same way
params = (1., 2., 3.)
function_with_params(*params)
the same for keywords:
def function_with_keywords(a, b, kwa=None, kwb=True):
...
return(w)
can be called like
function_with_keywords(2., 3., kwa=12., kwb=False)
or that way:
params = (2., 3.)
keywords = {'kwa': 12.,
'kwb': False}
function_with_keywords(*params, **keywords)