From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:34:04 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Document other performance implication for __slots__ (GH-11974) X-Git-Tag: v3.8.0a2~26 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7463884f6993edcd92bec56213ee1959034fd31c;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Document other performance implication for __slots__ (GH-11974) --- diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 9961aee14e06..9422ae66cb9c 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -1727,6 +1727,7 @@ properties) and deny the creation of *__dict__* and *__weakref__* (unless explicitly declared in *__slots__* or available in a parent.) The space saved over using *__dict__* can be significant. +Attribute lookup speed can be significantly improved as well. .. data:: object.__slots__