[Python-Dev] A new dictionary implementation (original) (raw)

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Thu Feb 2 12:30:17 CET 2012


On 01/02/2012 17:50, Guido van Rossum wrote:

Another question: a common pattern is to use (immutable) class variables as default values for instance variables, and only set the instance variables once they need to be different. Does such a class benefit from your improvement?

A less common pattern, but which still needs to work, is where a mutable class variable is deliberately store state across all instances of a class...

Chris

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