[Python-Dev] slots and default values (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Tue, 13 May 2003 17:38:10 -0400

I would prefer to think of this is a useful feature rather than a wart. Finally we can have true constants!

Yuck. If you want that, define a property-like class that doesn't allow setting.

These "constants" of yours are easily subverted by defining a subclass which adds an instance dict (any subclass that doesn't define slots of its own does this).

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)