Don't use __slots__ (was Re: __slots__ in derived class)

2006-03-15 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sch=FCle_Daniel?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >does __slots__ nothing when used in derived classes? Short answer: don't use __slots__ until you're comfortable writing metaclasses and decorators. __slots__ are a performance hack strictly for advance

Re: __slots__ in derived class

2006-03-15 Thread Duncan Booth
Schüle Daniel wrote: > consider this code > > >>> class A(object): > ... def __init__(self): > ... self.a = 1 > ... self.b = 2 > ... > >>> class B(A): > ... __slots__ = ["x","y"] > ... > >>> b=B() > >>> b.a > 1 > >>> b.b > 2 > >>> b.x = 100 > >>> b.y = 100 > >>> b.

Re: __slots__ in derived class

2006-03-15 Thread Kay Schluehr
Schüle Daniel wrote: > Hello, > > consider this code > > >>> class A(object): > ... def __init__(self): > ... self.a = 1 > ... self.b = 2 > ... > >>> class B(A): > ... __slots__ = ["x","y"] > ... > >>> b=B() > >>> b.a > 1 > >>> b.b > 2 > >>> b.x = 100 > >>> b