Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> writes: > This downside of using subclassing as an API should be well known by now > and widely warned against.
It wasn't known to me until now. Are these downsides described in some more detail somewhere? So far I have always thought that, as long as I avoid using private attributes, subclassing was supported like any other use of the API. Best, Nikolaus -- Encrypted emails preferred. PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com