We can also define singleton classes by inheriting from a Singleton class:
class Singleton(object):
_instance = None
def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
if not cls._instance:
cls._instance = object.__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
return cls._instance
class SingletonClass(Singleton):
pass
class RegularClass():
pass
x = SingletonClass()
y = SingletonClass()
print(x == y)
x = RegularClass()
y = RegularClass()
print(x == y)
True
False