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Understand and Leverage `slots`

Use `__slots__` to explicitly declare instance attributes. This prevents the creation of instance `__dict__` and `__weakref__`, reducing memory footprint and potentially speeding up attribute access for classes with many instances. Be aware it affects multiple inheritance and adding new attributes dynamically.

class Point:
    __slots__ = ('x', 'y')

    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

# Memory comparison (conceptual)
# import sys
# class RegularPoint:
#     def __init__(self, x, y):
#         self.x = x
#         self.y = y
# print(sys.getsizeof(Point(1, 2)))
# print(sys.getsizeof(RegularPoint(1, 2)))