All the constructor does is save its arguments and establish the class invariants.
# - - - B i r d F o r m . _ _ i n i t _ _
def __init__(self, dayNotes, birdId, notable=False):
"""Constructor for BirdForm
"""
#-- 1 --
self.dayNotes = dayNotes
self.birdId = birdId
self.locGroup = None
self.sightNotes = None
self.notable = notable
self._sightingList = []
Add the new BirdForm instance to
the parent DayNotes instance. This has to
be done after the .birdId attribute has
been set up, because the DayNotes
container orders its BirdForm children
according to the phylogenetic order of their .birdId attributes.
#-- 2
# [ dayNotes := dayNotes + self ]
dayNotes.addForm(self)