Usage of __slots__?
What is the purpose of __slots__ in Python — especially with respect to when I would want to use it, and when not?
What is the purpose of __slots__ in Python — especially with respect to when I would want to use it, and when not?
Say I have a multiple inheritance scenario:
I’m a beginner programmer who is starting with python and I’m starting out by making a game in pygame.
The game basically spawns circles at random positions and when clicked, it gives you points.
When creating a simple object hierarchy in Python, I’d like to be able to invoke methods of the parent class from a derived class. In Perl and Java, there is a keyword for this (super). In Perl, I might do this:
I’m asking this question because of a discussion on the comment thread of this answer. I’m 90% of the way to getting my head round it.
When defining a method on a class in Python, it looks something like this:
Is there any difference at all between these classes besides the name?
I strongly prefer using matplotlib in OOP style:
I don’t immediately grok what self is pointing to. This is definitely a symptom of not understanding classes, which I will work on at some point.
I would like to create a copy of an object. I want the new object to possess all properties of the old object (values of the fields). But I want to have independent objects. So, if I change values of the fields of the new object, the old object should not be affected by that.