Hi, I'm kinda new to Python (that means, I'm a total noob here), but have one doubt which is more about consistency that anything else.
Why if PEP 8 says that "Almost without exception, class names use the CapWords convention", does the most basic class, object, is lowercase? I found a thread about this: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2007-April/437365.html where its stated that -object- is actually a type, not a class; but the idea still doesn't convince me. If i create a class Spam using -object- as a parent class, I would expect -object- to be a class, not a type as in type(object) (what is the difference between both btw?). But, on the other hand, if I do help(object), I get: >>> help(object) Help on class object in module __builtin__: class object | The most base type So is this a class? No... >>> object <type 'object'> My doubts get compounded when strange stuff starts to happen: >>> class Eggs(object): def __init__(self): self.x = 1 >>> type(Eggs) <type 'type'> Type 'type'? What is that supposed to mean? Hope this makes any sense ;), Sergio -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
