[Python-Dev] A new dict for Xmas? (original) (raw)

Maciej Fijalkowski fijall at gmail.com
Thu Dec 22 19:15:04 CET 2011

- I wonder whether the shared keys could be computed at compile  time, considering all attribute names that get assigned for  self. The compiler could list those in the code object, and  class creation could iterate over all methods (taking base  classes into account).

This is hard, because sometimes you don't quite know what the self is even, especially if init calls some methods or there is any sort of control flow. You can however track what gets assigned at runtime at have shapes associated with objects.

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