[Python-Dev] Dictionary tuning

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 07:04:27 -0400


[Tim Delaney]
> Off the top of my head, most classes I create have ...
> 
> __init__
> 3-5 other methods
> 3-5 instance attributes
> 
> Hmm - that would only be 3-5 instance __dict__ entries, with
> 4-6 class __dict__ entries, correct?
> 
> I was forgetting that methods are put into the instance __dict__.

No, they're not.

> Bah - it's too late. It's the end of the day, and I've barely
> managed to get 2 hours real work done.

That might explain your recent goofs. :-)

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