[Python-Dev] Re: __slots__ and default values

[Guido van Rossum]

> > Not true.  That is at best an unintended side effect of slots.  And
> > there's nothing against having __slots__ include __dict__, so your
> > instance has a __dict__ as well as slots.
> 
> That's something I never knew but wish I had known (and I *have*
> read the source).  Live and learn.

Actually I think that's new in 2.3.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)