X-Git-Url: https://scm.cri.ensmp.fr/git/linpy.git/blobdiff_plain/ba88e64fedc541e9e3766e258a6cfa051acf56d9..4540f520e6ae625c360c50ea2f4abf07d6811780:/linpy/linexprs.py?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/linpy/linexprs.py b/linpy/linexprs.py
index b97f048..961502d 100644
--- a/linpy/linexprs.py
+++ b/linpy/linexprs.py
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class LinExpr:
         Create an expression from a string. Raise SyntaxError if the string is
         not properly formatted.
         """
-        # add implicit multiplication operators, e.g. '5x' -> '5*x'
+        # Add implicit multiplication operators, e.g. '5x' -> '5*x'.
         string = LinExpr._RE_NUM_VAR.sub(r'\1*\2', string)
         tree = ast.parse(string, 'eval')
         expr = cls._fromast(tree)
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class LinExpr:
     @classmethod
     def fromsympy(cls, expr):
         """
-        Create a linear expression from a sympy expression. Raise TypeError is
+        Create a linear expression from a SymPy expression. Raise TypeError is
         the sympy expression is not linear.
         """
         import sympy
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ class LinExpr:
             if symbol == sympy.S.One:
                 constant = coefficient
             elif isinstance(symbol, sympy.Dummy):
-                # we cannot properly convert dummy symbols
+                # We cannot properly convert dummy symbols with respect to
+                # symbol equalities.
                 raise TypeError('cannot convert dummy symbols')
             elif isinstance(symbol, sympy.Symbol):
                 symbol = Symbol(symbol.name)
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ class LinExpr:
 
     def tosympy(self):
         """
-        Convert the linear expression to a sympy expression.
+        Convert the linear expression to a SymPy expression.
         """
         import sympy
         expr = 0
@@ -450,6 +451,13 @@ 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 +471,17 @@ 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):
+        # This is not implemented as an attribute, because __hash__ is not
+        # callable in __new__ in class Dummy.
+        return {self: Fraction(1)}
+
     @property
     def name(self):
         """
@@ -553,15 +566,8 @@ 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 +592,13 @@ 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 = {}