confused by bindings

[Christian Tanzer]

> class Borg:
>     __shared_state = {}
>     def __init__(self):
>         self.__dict__ = self.__shared_state
>         self.countone = 0
> 
> class One:
>     def __init__(self):
>         borg = Borg()
>         borg.countone += 1

Your code resets `countone` to zero every time a new Borg is created.
Try this instead:

class Borg:
    __shared_state = {"countone" : 0}
    def __init__(self):
        self.__dict__ = self.__shared_state

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