Aahz wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Steven Bethard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> You can use __slots__ [...]
>
> Aaaugh! Don't use __slots__!
>
> Seriously, __slots__ are for wizards writing applications with huuuge
> numbers of object instances (like, millions of instances).
You clipped me saying that __slots__ are for performance tweaks:
You can use __slots__ to make objects consume less memory and have
slightly better attribute-access performance. Classes for objects
that need such performance tweaks should start like...
I fully agree that __slots__ are for applications with huge numbers of
instances. But if you have that situation, you really do want to be
using __slots__.
STeVe
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