Is a list static when it's a class member?

[Tom Plunket]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> so what's the practical difference between
> 
>      def __init__(self, name):
> 	self.name = name
>          self.data = []
> 
> and
> 
>      def __init__(self, name):
>          self.name = name
>          self.data=[]

Ignoring nerd-extreme-pedantic-mode for this circumstance, you elided
the bits that were functionally different.

IOW, based on the OP's post, it appeared that C++ was infecting their
Python, and removing the class attributes entirely was likely what the
OP actually wanted.

>  > In Python, you don't define the instance members in the class scope
>  > like the OP has done:
> 
> the OP's approach works perfectly fine, as long as you understand that 
> class attributes are shared.

Obviously, as is "sticking a gun in your mouth is perfectly fine, as
long as you understand that pulling the trigger will yield a large
hole in the back of your skull."  My reading of the OP's post was that
shared attributes were not desired.

-tom!