>Guido sez: > > __slots__ is a terrible hack with nasty, hard-to-fathom side > effects that should only be used by programmers at grandmaster and > wizard levels. Unfortunately it has gained an enormous undeserved > popularity amongst the novices and apprentices, who should know > better than to use this magic incantation casually.
But, if they are novices, why should they be expected to know better? I just re-read http://docs.python.org/ref/slots.html#l2h-217 and don't see anyplace where it says, "Warning: for use by wizards only". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
