can't add variables to instances of built-in classes
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Mon Jul 18 03:38:33 EDT 2016
Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 3:04:13 AM UTC+12, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> __slots__ is not obsolete, but 99% of the time you shouldn't bother with
>> it.
>
> I find __slots__ very useful. I have them right through my Qahirah classes
> <https://github.com/ldo/qahirah>, for example.
When you remove them, does your library stop working? Is there a significant
increase of memory consumption? Or is there something I didn't think of that
makes them useful for you?
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