Bizzare lst length problem

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Ben wrote:
> Ah... my list is a string. That explains the len() results, but not why
> it is a string in the dirst place.
> 
> I have a dictionary containing a number of instances of the following
> class as values:
> 
> class panel:
>     mops =[]

This one is a class attribute - it's shared between all instances of panel.

>     def __init__(self,number,level,location,mops,matrix):
>          self.number=number
>          self.level=level
>          self.location=location
>          self.mops=mops

And here, you create an instance attribute with the same name, that will
shadow the class attribute.

>          self.matrix=matrix
> 
> 
> abve mops is a list, yet when I access it it is a string...

the class attribute 'mops' is a list. The instance attribute 'mops' is
whatever you passed when instanciating panel.


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