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		burntsushi on Oct 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Replacing Python Uhh... Did you not see my parenthetical reference to `__slots__`? See this SO post[1] for more details. [1] - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/472000/python-slots

eevee on Oct 1, 2013 [–]

Whoops! I could've sworn that said "without", sorry :)

Though I'm not sure `__slots__` actually saves any time, as it's really a space optimization. I've tried it before for hot code and even seen very slight (probably not significant) slowdowns.

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