Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Op 2005-11-03, Steven D'Aprano schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> There are two possible fixes, either by prohibiting instance variables > >> with the same name as class variables, which would allow any reference > >> to an instance of the class assign/read the value of the variable. Or > >> to only allow class variables to be accessed via the class name itself. > > > > There is also a third fix: understand Python's OO model, especially > > inheritance, so that normal behaviour no longer surprises you. > > No matter wat the OO model is, I don't think the following code > exhibits sane behaviour: > > class A: > a = 1 > > b = A() > b.a += 2 > print b.a > print A.a > > Which results in > > 3 > 1
I find it confusing at first, but I do understand what happens :-) But really, what should be done different here? S. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
