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Re: Question re class variable

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Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> writes:

> Op 29-09-15 om 11:27 schreef plewto@gmail.com:
>> I have a perplexing problem with Python 3 class variables. I wish to
>> generate an unique ID each time an instance of GameClass is
>> created. There are two versions of the __gen_id method with test run
>> results for each listed below the code.
>
> The problem is that in python you can't change a class variable through an instance. The moment you
> try, you create an instance attribute.

That much is clear but why does his other version of __gen_id() work
(after a fashion)? It doesn't increment the class variable but the
instances get an incremental id.

The function was like this:

    def __gen_id(self):
        ty = self.__class__.__name__
        id = ''
        while id in self.__instance_registry:
            id = '%s_%d' % (ty, self.__instance_counter)
            self.__instance_counter += 1
        self.__instance_registry[id] = self
        return id

Also, is there any problem with incrementing
GameObject.__instance_counter from __gen_id()? I guess not?

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Question re class variable plewto@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 02:27 -0700
  Re: Question re class variable alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-29 10:00 +0000
    Re: Question re class variable John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2015-09-29 14:44 +0000
      Re: Question re class variable Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-29 20:41 -0400
  Re: Question re class variable Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-09-29 12:40 +0200
    Re: Question re class variable Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2015-09-29 14:17 +0300
      Re: Question re class variable Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-09-29 14:02 +0200
      Re: Question re class variable Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-09-29 22:06 +1000
      Re: Question re class variable Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-29 08:21 -0400
  Re: Question re class variable jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2015-09-29 13:02 +0200
  Re: Question re class variable jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2015-09-29 13:11 +0200

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