[Tutor] OO Python: How to change attributes of just one objec t in alist

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> about it too much but FWIW I would probably give each student an ID
> number and store them all in a dictionary with the ID as the 
> key.  

This is a good idea.
Someone else suggested using the name as a key - which indirectly 
you do now - but that won't work if you get two students with the 
same name in the same class (We had two Graham Watsons in my class 
at school, and they both joined on the same day mid way thru' 
term - we thought the teacher had read the same note twice by 
mistake!) Assigning a unique ID and keeping name as an attribute 
is much better.

You can even auto generate the ID if you like within 
the constructor.

Alan g.
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