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Author	rhettinger
Recipients	BreamoreBoy, ajaksu2, arigo, mwh, rhettinger, terry.reedy
Date	2010年08月11日.19:16:35
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ISTM the space saving of value of __slots__ isn't typically needed in the context of variable length built-in types. Guido has long regarded __slots__ as a confusing hack. That should warn us away for extending its functionality. Unless there are some compelling use cases, a simple and clean patch, and a clear one sentence explanation for users, I recommend this feature request be closed. Michael, do you still want this?

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ISTM the space saving of value of __slots__ isn't typically needed in the context of variable length built-in types.
Guido has long regarded __slots__ as a confusing hack. That should warn us away for extending its functionality.
Unless there are some compelling use cases, a simple and clean patch, and a clear one sentence explanation for users, I recommend this feature request be closed.
Michael, do you still want this?

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Date	User	Action	Args
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