Paul Rubin wrote: > Stefan Arentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>Are you seriously saying there's lots of Python projects that would >>>break if this particular weirdness were fixed? >> >>I have no numbers of course. But, why is this a weirdness? > > > Do you seriously think the number is larger than zero? Do you think > that's any good way to write code? > Well it would break the Medusa asyncore/asynchat-based server software, so I can confidently predict the number would be greater than zero, yes.
Several fine programmers have relied on the (documented) behavior, I suspect, as it's a convenient way to install per-instance defaults, for example. > Examples of the weirdness have already been given. My favorite is the > one where b.a is a list instead of an integer, in which case the class > variable gets updated instead of an instance variable getting created. > If you don't find the inconsistency to be weird, then ducky for you. Ho, hum. -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
