class variable declarations...

[Lee John Moore]

One may as well begin with Peter Hansen's letter to comp.lang.python:
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Pardon the snipping.  I'm a bit worried about leaving too much
in for the sake of mailing list bandwidth. :)

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> *All* instances that are created automatically have access to
> this shared value because it is a *class* attribute, rather
> than an instance attribute.  All the items prefixed with self.
> are instance attributes, and pertain only to a single instance
> of a class, never to all instances.

You've helped me realise where I misunderstood the original
respondent.  It's only obvious after reading your message
though.  Thanks for explaining.  Much appreciated.  :)
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