class attribute confusion

[Steve Holden]

On 12/3/2010 11:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Right. If you define a *class* attribute, it lives in the class, not the 
> instance, and so all instances share the same value.

Unless, of course, an instance binds the same name in its namespace, in
which case it will (usually) mask the class attribute for that instance.

regards
 Steve
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