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Start Object-Oriented Programming PracticeA developer wants to ensure that a class attribute is shared among all instances but cannot be modified from outside the class. Which approach is most appropriate?
Explanation: Defining a private class attribute with name mangling (e.g., `__shared`) prevents direct external modification, and providing a class method (using `@classmethod`) allows read-only access to the attribute. This ensures the attribute is shared among all instances (since it belongs to the class, not instances) while enforcing encapsulation.
A team is developing a system that must handle different types of documents (PDF, Word, etc.). Each document type has a unique parsing method. To avoid massive conditional logic, which OOP concept should be applied?
Explanation: Polymorphism allows different document types (PDF, Word, etc.) to be treated uniformly through a common interface (e.g., a `parse()` method) while each class implements its own parsing logic. This eliminates the need for conditional statements (like `if type == 'PDF'`) because the correct method is resolved at runtime via dynamic dispatch, which is exactly what the team needs to avoid massive conditional logic.
A class 'MyClass' has a method 'do_something' that uses 'self.__private'. A subclass 'MySubClass' tries to access 'self.__private' and gets an AttributeError. Why?
Explanation: Python's name mangling mechanism renames any attribute prefixed with double underscores (like `__private`) in a class definition to `_ClassName__private`. When `MySubClass` tries to access `self.__private`, Python looks for `_MySubClass__private`, which does not exist, causing an AttributeError. The attribute `_MyClass__private` is still accessible from the subclass, but only via its mangled name.
A developer defines a class 'Car' with an attribute 'wheels = 4'. They create two instances: car1 = Car() and car2 = Car(). Then they set car1.wheels = 3. What is the value of car2.wheels?
Explanation: In Python, setting an attribute directly on an instance (car1.wheels = 3) creates an instance attribute that shadows the class attribute for that specific instance only. The class attribute 'wheels = 4' remains unchanged and is still accessible via car2.wheels, which has not been overridden. Therefore, car2.wheels retains the class-level value of 4.
A class 'Point' is defined with __slots__ = ['x', 'y']. A developer creates an instance p = Point() and tries to set p.z = 10. What happens?
Explanation: When a class defines `__slots__`, it restricts attribute assignment to only those names listed in the tuple. Attempting to assign an attribute not in `__slots__` raises an `AttributeError`. This is a deliberate memory optimization that prevents the creation of a per-instance `__dict__`, so dynamic attributes are disallowed.
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