difference between variables inside and outside of __init__()

Question

Is there any difference at all between these classes besides the name?

class WithClass ():
    def __init__(self):
        self.value = \"Bob\"
    def my_fu         


        

Answer 1

class foo(object):
    mStatic = 12

    def __init__(self):
        self.x = "OBj"

Considering that foo has no access to x at all (FACT)

the conflict now is in accessing mStatic by an instance or directly by the class .

think of it in the terms of Python's memory management :

12 value is on the memory and the name mStatic (which accessible from the class)

points to it .

c1, c2 = foo(), foo() 

this line makes two instances , which includes the name mStatic that points to the value 12 (till now) .

foo.mStatic = 99 

this makes mStatic name pointing to a new place in the memory which has the value 99 inside it .

and because the (babies) c1 , c2 are still following (daddy) foo , they has the same name (c1.mStatic & c2.mStatic ) pointing to the same new value .

but once each baby decides to walk alone , things differs :

c1.mStatic ="c1 Control"
c2.mStatic ="c2 Control"

from now and later , each one in that family (c1,c2,foo) has its mStatica pointing to different value .

[Please, try use id() function for all of(c1,c2,foo) in different sates that we talked about , i think it will make things better ]

and this is how our real life goes . sons inherit some beliefs from their father and these beliefs still identical to father's ones until sons decide to change it .

HOPE IT WILL HELP