python, __slots__, and “attribute is read-only”

Question

I want to create an object in python that has a few attributes and I want to protect myself from accidentally using the wrong attribute name. The code is as follows:

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Answer 1

__slots__ works with instance variables, whereas what you have there is a class variable. This is how you should be doing it:

class MyClass( object ) :
  __slots__ = ( "m", )
  def __init__(self):
    self.m = None

a = MyClass()
a.m = "?"       # No error