Class Variable Access and Assignment

[Antoon Pardon]

Op 2005-11-06, Steve Holden schreef <steve at holdenweb.com>:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> [...]
>> 
>> But I can't understand the position of folks who want inheritance but
>> don't want the behaviour that Python currently exhibits.
>> instance.attribute sometimes reading from the class attribute is a feature
>> of inheritance; instance.attribute always writing to the instance is a
>> feature of OOP; instance.attribute sometimes writing to the instance and
>> sometimes writing to the class would be, in my opinion, not just a wart
>> but a full-blown misfeature.
>> 
>> I ask and I ask and I ask for some use of this proposed behaviour, and
>> nobody is either willing or able to tell me where how or why it would be
>> useful. What should I conclude from this?
>> 
>> 
>
> You should conclude that some readers of this group are happier 
> designing languages with theoretical purity completely disconnected from 
> users' needs. But of course we pragmatists know that practicality beats 
> purity :-)

But explicit is better than implicit.

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Antoon Pardon