> I think this use case is rather elegant:
>
> def singleton(cls):
> return cls()
>
> class Foo [singleton]:
> ...
And how would this be better than
class Foo(singleton):
...
(with a suitable definition of singleton, which could just be 'object'
AFAICT from your example)?
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)