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> The class statement works in this fashion.
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I would argue there are at least 2 significant reasons why a separate
namespace would be preferred over using class in this way:
1. using class in this way signals to the user that you are writing a
class (ie, meant to be instantiated), and not a namespace; the author has
to tell the reader it isn't actually intended to be a class in the
docstring or in the class name ("eg, MyNamespace")
2. using class means that all of the "new style class" machinery is at
work-- for good or for ill-- when working in your class-defined namespace.
so if, for example, you create a descriptor and instantiate it inside a
class namespace, the descriptor __get__ method will be invoked when
accessing the descriptor via the class name. this could be very limiting in
certain cases.
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