Question about accessing class-attributes.

[Duncan Booth]

Nikolai Kirsebom <nikolai.kirsebom.NOJUNK at siemens.no> wrote in 
news:0kifav8dfcbu0t8j4qrrkq6ag7gcg1s062 at 4ax.com:

> class A(object):
>      InstCount = 0
>      def __init__(self):
>           self.__class__.__dict__['InstCount'] += 1
> 
> class B(A):
>      InstCount = 0
> 
> class C(A):
>      InstCount = 0
> 
> Is the syntax used for incrementing the class-attribute for every
> instanciation 'the way' it should be done ?

It would be more normal just to write:

		self.__class__.InstCount += 1

Alternatively you could create a class method to do the increment, but that 
is probably needlessly complex here.

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Duncan Booth                                             duncan at rcp.co.uk
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