Use `__dict__` or `vars()`?

Question

Builtin function vars() looks more Pythonic to me, but I see __dict__ used more frequently.

The Python documentation indicates that they ar

Answer 1

I agree vars should be preferred. My rationale is that, as python evolves, vars might be extended to do more than __dict__ does (for example, work for objects with slots, possibly in 3.7).