Re: Variables vs attributes

2009-09-12 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:39:17 -0700, Miles Kaufmann wrote: > On Apr 17, 2009, at 8:56 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> If an integer variable is an integer, and a string variable is a >> string, >> and float variable is a float, and a list variable is a list (there's a >> pattern here), shouldn't a cl

Re: Variables vs attributes

2009-09-12 Thread Miles Kaufmann
On Apr 17, 2009, at 8:56 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: If an integer variable is an integer, and a string variable is a string, and float variable is a float, and a list variable is a list (there's a pattern here), shouldn't a class variable be a class and an instance variable be an instance? I

Re: Variables vs attributes

2009-04-18 Thread Piet van Oostrum
> Steven D'Aprano (SD) wrote: >SD> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:48:55 +0200, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: >>> No, because you are creating *classvariables* when declaring things like >>> this: >SD> ... >>> OTOH, when assigning to an instance, this will create an >>> *instance*-variable. Which is what