def __init__(self, **kwds):
# Suffix type information
self._direction = None
self._datatype = None
self._rule = None
# The suffix direction
direction = kwds.pop('direction', Suffix.LOCAL)
# The suffix datatype
datatype = kwds.pop('datatype', Suffix.FLOAT)
# The suffix construction rule
# TODO: deprecate the use of 'rule'
self._rule = kwds.pop('rule', None)
self._rule = kwds.pop('initialize', self._rule)
# Check that keyword values make sense (these function have
# internal error checking).
self.set_direction(direction)
self.set_datatype(datatype)
# Initialize base classes
kwds.setdefault('ctype', Suffix)
ActiveComponent.__init__(self, **kwds)
ComponentMap.__init__(self)
if self._rule is None:
self.construct()
