__slots__ in derived class

[Schüle Daniel]

Hello,

consider this code

class A(object): .... def __init__(self):
.... self.a = 1
.... self.b = 2
.... class B(A): .... __slots__ = ["x","y"]
.... b=B()
b.a 1 b.b 2 b.x = 100
b.y = 100
b.z = 100
no exception here
does __slots__ nothing when used in derived classes?



class Z(object): .... __slots__ = ["x","y"]
.... z=Z()
z.x = 100
z.y = 100
z.z = 100 Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'Z' object has no attribute 'z'

here it works like expected

Regards, Daniel

[Kay Schluehr]

Schüle Daniel wrote:

Hello,

consider this code

>>> class A(object): ... def __init__(self):
... self.a = 1
... self.b = 2
... >>> class B(A): ... __slots__ = ["x","y"]
... >>> b=B()
>>> b.a 1 >>> b.b 2 >>> b.x = 100
>>> b.y = 100
>>> b.z = 100
no exception here
does __slots__ nothing when used in derived classes?

>>>
>>>
>>> class Z(object): ... __slots__ = ["x","y"]
... >>> z=Z()
>>> z.x = 100
>>> z.y = 100
>>> z.z = 100 Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'Z' object has no attribute 'z' >>>

here it works like expected

Regards, Daniel

I would expect that A has to define its own __slots__ too.

The following code should work as expected and makes also sense with
the memory optimization considerations that motivated introduction of
the __slots__ variable.

class A(object):
__slots__ = ["a","b"]
def __init__(self):
self.a = 1
self.b = 2

class B(A):
__slots__ = ["x","y"]

Kay

[Duncan Booth]

Schüle Daniel wrote:

consider this code

class A(object): ... def __init__(self):
... self.a = 1
... self.b = 2
... class B(A): ... __slots__ = ["x","y"]
... b=B()
b.a 1 b.b 2 b.x = 100
b.y = 100
b.z = 100

no exception here
does __slots__ nothing when used in derived classes?

__slots__ is intended as a way to reduce memory consumption. It was never
intended as a protection mechanism.

The slots which are available in a class only add to the attributes
available in the base class. You can hide base class slots by defining a
slot of the same name, but you cannot remove them.

Your base class has a __dict__ attribute and therefore all instances of the
base class or any derived classes also have a __dict__ attribute.

[Aahz]

In article <dv**********@news2.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>,
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sch=FCle_Daniel?= <uv**@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

does __slots__ nothing when used in derived classes?

Short answer: don't use __slots__ until you're comfortable writing
metaclasses and decorators. __slots__ are a performance hack strictly
for advanced users, and if you think you need them, you probably don't.
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