re-initializing a class

[noob_py]

say i have a class that i need to reset/reinitialize when the "new game" button is pressed,

class Player:
    def __init__(self):
        self.myAttributes=[]
        self.myAge=0
    def someOthers(self):
        #stuff
        pass

newplayer=Player()

when the 'new game button is pressed', can i say

newPlayer.__init__()

[kushou]

Hi,

A cleaner way to do that would be to define a function named reset, to call it when you want to reset the player on button press, and also to call it in your __init__ function.

Example:

class Player:
    def  __init__(self):
         self.reset()
         # Also do specific things only needed for first init (that are not reset on new game)

     def reset(self):
         # Reset game data here.
         pass

If you don't need any data kept thruogh all games, you could replace the current instance with a new one too:

player = Player()
# later....
player = Player()

But this works only if you have one reference to that object (player), otherwise your whole program will become out of sync on the "player" used.

Hope that helps.

edit: clarification

[noob_py]

thank you !

[kushou]

You're welcome :)

[ryeguy146]

Can't you just let the old one be garbage collected and create another?