Replace Whole Object Through Object Method

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
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>>As a matter of fact, in Python, the class is an attribute of an object.
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> except when it isn't.

Which are the cases where it isn't ?

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>>>def add_role(self, role_class):
>>>   self.roles.append(role_class(self))
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>>And here you create a circular reference between object and roles...
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> and ?  Python has a garbage collector, you know...

Yes. But garbage collection is not cost-free AFAIK.


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