X-Git-Url: https://svn.cri.mines-paristech.fr/git/linpy.git/blobdiff_plain/ba88e64fedc541e9e3766e258a6cfa051acf56d9..538cd0d05962f48885e8dd68c93a0a1af67b9607:/linpy/linexprs.py

diff --git a/linpy/linexprs.py b/linpy/linexprs.py
index b97f048..c100698 100644
--- a/linpy/linexprs.py
+++ b/linpy/linexprs.py
@@ -450,6 +450,13 @@ class Symbol(LinExpr):
     Two instances of Symbol are equal if they have the same name.
     """
 
+    __slots__ = (
+        '_name',
+        '_constant',
+        '_symbols',
+        '_dimension',
+    )
+
     def __new__(cls, name):
         """
         Return a symbol with the name string given in argument.
@@ -463,12 +470,15 @@ class Symbol(LinExpr):
             raise SyntaxError('invalid syntax')
         self = object().__new__(cls)
         self._name = name
-        self._coefficients = {self: Fraction(1)}
         self._constant = Fraction(0)
         self._symbols = (self,)
         self._dimension = 1
         return self
 
+    @property
+    def _coefficients(self):
+        return {self: Fraction(1)}
+
     @property
     def name(self):
         """
@@ -553,15 +563,8 @@ class Dummy(Symbol):
         """
         if name is None:
             name = 'Dummy_{}'.format(Dummy._count)
-        elif not isinstance(name, str):
-            raise TypeError('name must be a string')
-        self = object().__new__(cls)
+        self = super().__new__(cls, name)
         self._index = Dummy._count
-        self._name = name.strip()
-        self._coefficients = {self: Fraction(1)}
-        self._constant = Fraction(0)
-        self._symbols = (self,)
-        self._dimension = 1
         Dummy._count += 1
         return self
 
@@ -586,6 +589,13 @@ class Rational(LinExpr, Fraction):
     fractions.Fraction classes.
     """
 
+    __slots__ = (
+        '_coefficients',
+        '_constant',
+        '_symbols',
+        '_dimension',
+    ) + Fraction.__slots__
+
     def __new__(cls, numerator=0, denominator=None):
         self = object().__new__(cls)
         self._coefficients = {}