question: usage of __slots__

Dave Benjamin ramen at lackingtalent.com
Wed Oct 15 16:21:59 EDT 2003


In article <bmk8sv$5mb$1 at panix1.panix.com>, Aahz wrote:
> In article <698f09f8.0310132012.738e22fc at posting.google.com>,
> Jeremy Fincher <tweedgeezer at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Alexander Schmolck <a.schmolck at gmx.net> wrote in message news:<yfs4qyc7ur4.fsf at black132.ex.ac.uk>...
>>>
>>> __slots__ are a premature optimization and best avoided.
>>
>>It's nice to see that there's *someone* out there with a handle on
>>every single possible use for Python.
> 
> Are you arguing with Guido?

If he is, he's being implicit and not explicit about it, which is definitely
bad style. There should be one and only one obvious way to argue with Guido.

<ducking>

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