Dale Strickland-Clark wrote: > Python 2.4.2 (#1, Oct 13 2006, 17:11:24) >>>> a = object() >>>> a.spam = 1 > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > AttributeError: 'object' object has no attribute 'spam' >>>> class B(object): pass >>>> a = B() >>>> a.spam = 1 >>>> > > What is subclassing adding to the class here? Why can't I assign to > attributes of an instance of object?
object itself doesn't have a __dict__ slot, so that very small objects (such as points) can be built without that overhead. --Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
