Conditional Class Creation (Python)

Question

From the tutorial: "A class definition is an executable statement."

Is the following recommended in a script?

my_switch = False
if my_switch:
    class Hello:
        def __init__(self):
            self.greeting = "Hello!"

else:
    class Hello:
        def __init__(self):
            self.greeting = "Salut!"

Answer 1

You can even do

class Hello:
    def __init__(self):
        self.greeting = "Hello!"

class Salut:
    def __init__(self):
        self.greeting = "Salut!"

if my_switch:
    Hello = Salut

(note that your code needs lower-case Class keywords...)