On 27/06/2008, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, the assignment > gram.database = {} > will always (at least absent any extra magic) create an instance attribute.
I think this is the OP's workaround. Quoting: "Shrutarshi Basu": > I have to manually clear gram.database because > otherwise it keeps the data from previous calls to that function. I think the OP is asking why this step is necessary. -- John. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor