From: Christian on
On Mar 14, 2:16 pm, kuru <maymunbe...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Thank you so much for all these great suggestions. I will have time
> today to try all these and see which one works best for me

Answers to your question have spread onto the Python blogosphere as
well.

http://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/multiple-constructors-in-a-python-class/

http://blog.dowski.com/2010/03/17/my-take-on-multiple-constructors/

That second one is my response.

Christian