initializing mutable class attributes

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Dan Perl wrote:

> My mistake.  You're right, and it's all because of the inheritance from
> 'object', which probably defines a default, empty, __init__.  I haven't
> made a habit of subclassing from 'object' yet and I see that I'll have to
> do
> that.  Thanks.

You can safely remove the object as ancestor - it works with old-style
classes, too.

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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch