Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment:
"The implementation adds a few special read-only attributes to several object
TYPES" [emphasis added]
py> class MyType:
... pass
...
py> MyType.__dict__ = {}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: attribute '__dict__' of 'type' objects is not writable
> What is the difference between an object and an instance?
In general, nothing. But ``object.__dict__`` refers to the special builtin
*class* called "object". In hindsight, we should have called it Object, so we
could more easily distinguish between the *class* called "object" and
*instances* of that class.
py> print(object) # the class/type itself
<class 'object'>
py> print(object()) # an instance of object
<object object at 0xb7ce1cd0>
The docs are correct here, but if you care to suggest some improvements, we
will consider them.
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nosy: +steven.daprano
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