Set python object to variable [duplicate]

Question

I've been trying out this code and am oblivious to why it does not work.

class Foo(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self=False
        print self #Prints false
print Foo() #Prints `<__main__.Foo object at 0x026B3970>`

I thought it might be that self is only a reference to the object but passing self=[] or self=object does not work either.

I know this approach is not exactly a good technique but I am wondering why it does not set the object to the specific value.

Yussuf S · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-24 13:23:19Z

2

It doesn't ignore the assignment. The assignment works just fine, you created a local name that points to False.

If you really want to do what you are doing...

class Test(object):
    def __new__(*args):
        return False

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 13:23

Yussuf S

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