__init__ & attributes clarification

[Erik Max Francis]

Afanasiy wrote:

> Are these two, in effect, the same?
> 
> class hive:
>   workers = []
> 
> ...
> 
> class hive:
>   def __init__(self):
>     self.workers = []

No.  The first defines a class attribute, common to all instances (and
present in the class itself; the latter defines an instance attribute). 
If both assignments were present, the instance attribute would override
the class attribute, but they are by no means the same thing.

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