[Python-Dev] Dictionary tuning (original) (raw)

Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) tdelaney@avaya.com
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:51:31 +1000

From: Guido van Rossum [mailto:guido@python.org] =20 [Tim Delaney] > Off the top of my head, most classes I create have ... >=20 > init > 3-5 other methods > 3-5 instance attributes >=20 > Hmm - that would only be 3-5 instance dict entries, with > 4-6 class dict entries, correct? >=20 > I was forgetting that methods are put into the instance dict. =20 No, they're not.

Bah - I meant to say class.dict - if you look at the numbers = above they add up that way.

> Bah - it's too late. It's the end of the day, and I've barely > managed to get 2 hours real work done. =20 That might explain your recent goofs. :-)

See above ;)

Well, it's a whole new day ... I've got an 8am phone call to the US (10 minutes away) ... maybe I can do better today ...

Tim Delaney