On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 3:07:17 PM UTC+12, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> On Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 2:29:53 PM UTC+12, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> Using __slots__ basically takes your object down to the level of a >>> Java one. >> >> Is Java like a bogeyman you use to scare people with if they don’t write >> Python code the way you like it? > > LOL! Not really; it's just that Java's objects are way less featured > than Python's.
Using Java as an example of how it can keep you out of trouble where Python won’t is fine; using it as a stick to commit personal attacks on people is not. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list