> > > OK, but do be aware that slots was intended solely as a > memory-conservation measure where large numbers of objects are being > created. You are therefore subverting its true intent by using it to > limit the assignment of extra attributes (and there has been much recent > discussion on this list, though not in this thread, about what to do > instead. > > regards > Steve > --
Oh, that too... We have tens of thousands of these objects in the memory at the same moment, so memory conservation is another reason for slots. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list