On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On 21/09/12 02:57, eryksun wrote: >> >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:25 PM, eryksun<eryk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Preferred terminology is attribute, not variable. Class attributes live > in the class and are shared across all instances. Instance attributes > live in the instance and are not shared.
That's correct. I try to be careful about terminology, but I slip up from time to time. My first OO language was Java. >> The subclass gets a shallow copy of the parent class namespace. > > > Not so much. > > py> class C(object): > ... x = 1 > ... > py> class D(C): pass > ... > py> D.__dict__ == C.__dict__ > False > py> 'x' in D.__dict__ > False If you didn't notice, I followed up with a correction. But thanks. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
