Slots optimization in depth

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📝 **Question:** You add `__slots__` to a base class, but subclasses still have `__dict__` and use as much memory as before. Why?

📋 Pick the right answer.

💡 **Hint:** Re-read the theory above if unsure.

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Weak references (weakref module)

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Question

📝 **Question:** You add `__slots__` to a base class, but subclasses still have `__dict__` and use as much memory as before. Why?

📋 Pick the right answer.

💡 **Hint:** Re-read the theory above if unsure.

Keep going

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