Classes as namespaces?

[Aahz]

In article <hoihgt$p6t$1 at reader1.panix.com>, kj  <no.email at please.post> wrote:
>
>What's the word on using "classes as namespaces"?  E.g.
>
>class _cfg(object):
>    spam = 1
>    jambon = 3 
>    huevos = 2
>
>breakfast = (_cfg.spam, _cfg.jambon, _cfg.huevos)

There is one gotcha associated with using classes as namespaces: you have
to be careful to avoid instantiating them.  That goes triple if you
modify the class attributes, because modifying an attribute in an
instance does *not* propagate the change to the class.
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