Chapter 6. Basics of Classes and Objects

In this chapter, we will look at the following recipes:

• Using a class to encapsulate data and processing

• Designing classes with lots of processing

• Designing classes with little unique processing

• Optimizing small objects with __slots__

• Using more sophisticated collections

• Extending a collection – a list that does statistics

• Using properties for lazy attributes

• Using settable properties to update eager attributes