[Tutor] confused: classes containing dicts

[Calum Mackay]

Bob Gailer wrote:
> No - there is a difference in the target of the assignment:
>  >>> x.l = 456 is an assignment to attribute l of instance x. SInce the 
> instance attribute did not exist, it is created.
>  >>> x.l["a"] = 123 is an assignment to a key in the dictionary x.l, not 
> to the attribute x.

right, thanks. And since l doesn't exist in x it finds it in the class 
C.l and makes the assignment there.

thanks very much for clearing up my confusion, chaps.

have a good weekend.

cheers,
calum.