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alone lion
2,202 PointsI don't understand why does Monster.hit_points can sign to value, why does a class can give a value to him?
\\class Monster:
color = 'yellow'
hit_points = 1
weapon = 'sword'
Monster.hit_points = 4 ### \\
I don't understand why does you could do this. Because the people always say class is blueprint, and you always work on the object, but in this situation, the wired things happened which could be signed a value. Which is like I could use a paper and draw a building, after that I could sell it, just like normal building. Can anybody clear that for me, because the class has so many variable situations like this.
2 Answers
Kevin Matsuo
36,064 PointsA class IS similar to a blueprint. You can make many objects all based off of the same class, but instead of retyping the color, hit_points, and weapon each time, you can just type out the object's property that is different from the property used in the class. Classes are used for brevity.
alone lion
2,202 PointsBut for my questions is why does you could give class-self values. I understand you could give instance to a new property, but I think if class is a blueprint, the coder who design python class should not allow people to original class after you have created class. You should only change instance.