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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Method Arguments

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"name" attribute in class Thief.

Hello,

How did the "name" variable became member of class Thief? It isn't declared in the class, like "sneaky" variable is. But is used in init method as if its a member variable of Thief class.

Thanks.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Adding as an init parameter makes it one of the arguments that must be passed to create a new instance, and inside the init method, it is copied to "self.name" which creates the member variable.