A change to a class attribute does not propagate - bug or feature?

[Alex Martelli]

"Greg Goodman" <chironsw at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3C3EFE65.B4DC6E34 at swbell.net...
>
> The default value of the Name parameter gets evaluated exactly once, the

Yes.

> first time the newClass.__init__() code is executed.  Ever afterward,

No, the "only once" happens earlier than that -- when the *def* for
that __init__ is executed, which is earlier than the first time its
*code* is executed.  Just a nit, if you will, but potentially important.

[code being talked about is:]

> > class newClass(baseClass):
> >     def __init__(self, Name = "newClass" + str(baseClass.ClassId)):
> >         baseClass.__init__(self, Name)class newClass(baseClass):



Alex