Re: [Python-Dev] A new dict for Xmas?

- I wonder whether the shared keys could be computed at compile  time, considering all attribute names that get assigned for  self. The compiler could list those in the code object, and  class creation could iterate over all methods (taking base  classes into account).

This is hard, because sometimes you don't quite know what the self *is* even, especially if __init__ calls some methods or there is any sort of control flow. You can however track what gets assigned at runtime at have shapes associated with objects.