Using classes in python

[Colin J. Williams]

trevor lock wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've just started using python and have observed the following :
> 
> class foo:
>     a=[]
>     def __init__(self, val):
>             self.a.append ( val )
>     def getA(self):
>             print self.a
>             return self.a
> 
> z = foo(5)
> y = foo(4)
> z.getA()
>  >> [5, 4]
> 
> I was expecting that everytime I created an instance of the class that a 
> unique dictionary was also created, however it seems that only one 
> dictionary is created.
> 
> How can I create a new dictionary for each instance?
You do already, as the little script below illustrates:

# checkInstance.py

class A(object):
   def __new__(cls, n):
     return object.__new__(cls)
   def __init__(self, n):
     self.a= n


a1= A(21)
a2= A(22)
print a1.a, a2.a, a1.__dict__ is a2.__dict__

Colin W.
> 
> Thanks,
> Trevor.
> 
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