setting Class attributes outside of Class definiton

Asked Dec 14 '17 at 23:31

Active Dec 14 '17 at 23:51

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I have seen this coding pattern in codes I am (re)writing:

class Outside(object):
    pass

Outside.example = 10.

My instinct was that I didn't like it! I'd prefer:

class Inside(object):
    example = 10.

Are there any advantages or situations where the former is preferred?

edited Dec 14 '17 at 23:51

asked Dec 14 '17 at 23:31

innisfree

late-binding? What do you mean? inheritance will still provide access to the parent-class namespace. – juanpa.arrivillaga Dec 14 '17 at 23:41
hmm yes I was confused ,let me clarify – innisfree Dec 14 '17 at 23:51
inherit the class or declare it as global – Sreejesh K Nair Dec 15 '17 at 07:02

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