monostate_pattern.py

class Monostate(object):
    _shared_state = {}
    def __new__(cls, *a, **kw):
        obj = super(Monostate, cls).__new__(*a, **kw)
        obj.__dict__ = _shared_state
        return obj

class Foo(Monostate) pass
class Bar(Foo) pass
f = Foo()
b = Bar()