The use of setattr and the __init__ function :]

Hi. i just want to be sure that i understand this topic.

the __init__ function is like a constrcutor in c# or java?, with the __init__ we define what attributes the Object need to have to be an Object.

for example:

public Car(int num_of_wheel, string carCompany)
{
  this.num_of_wheel = num_of_wheel
 this.carCompany  = "Treehouse"

}

is the same as:

class Porfile
      def __init__(self,name, coding_is_fun = True, **kwargs):
         self.name = "bot.net"
         self.coding_is_fun = coding_is_fun

They both do the same thing, in order to be a Profile Object i need to at least have a "name" and coding_is_fun, and ton be a Car Object i need to atleast state the num of wheel and the car company to be an Car Object.

The only difference is that in python, unlike in c# or java, if i want to add other attributes after i already defined what are the requirements to be the Object, i can use the setattr() function which let me add other attributes to the Object instead of initialize them in the __init__ function evrey single time.

i loop trough the kwargs dict in order to "insert" the bonus attributes into a dict? setattr(self, key, value) for example it's like self = an instance of the Thief class key = the name of the attr and the value is the value. so:

bot = Thief()
setattr(bot,key,value) = bot.name = "bot.net"