On Fri, 2012-05-18 at 09:53 -0700, Charles Hixson wrote: > Does __slots__ make access to variables more efficient?
Absolutely, yes. > If one uses property() to create a few read-only pseudo-variables, does > that negate the efficiency advantages of using __slots__? > (Somehow I feel the documentation needs a bit of improvement.) If you are tempted to use property, setattr, etc... then do not use __slots__. __slots__ should really only be used for Fly Weight pattern type work, or at least for objects with a limited scope and will not be inherited from.
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