Question

I have been having trouble getting python to generate a (non-predetermined) number of class instances. Basically have classes be able to reproduce themselves.

class foo:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

while True:
    newinstance(foo) #what would the code be for this?
                     #or maybe
    foo.newinstance  #just something that could update itself

Basically generate a new instance any number of times. Thanks ahead of time.

Answer 1

This will do what you’re asking for, but you’ll want to hold onto the values somehow:

while True:
    foo(some_name)

This will loop forever, so a more realistic option might be:

names = ["Ned", "Felix", "Guy"]
fooses = [foo(name) for name in names]