Michael Torrie wrote: That's not how Python actually works:
> >>> a=myclass(3) > >>> b=myclass(6) > >>> a.classvar1=9 > >>> a.classvar1 > 9 > >>> b.classvar1 > 9 What actually happens is that the a.classvar1 = 9 assignment creates an instance variable that shades the classvar: >>> class A(object): ... alpha = 1 ... >>> a = A() >>> b = A() >>> a.alpha = "something else" >>> a.alpha 'something else' >>> b.alpha 1 So everything works as expected (until you start modifying mutable classvars). Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
