On 06/22/2010 12:11 AM, Peng Yu wrote: > pydoc xrange says: > > Help on class xrange in module __builtin__: > > class xrange(object) > > python_2.6.5_library.pdf says: > > Objects of type xrange are similar to buffers > > Are type and class synonyms? It seems that they are at least according > to some webpages that I read. But I'm not completely sure. Could you > let me know in case my impress is wrong? >
They're the same. * -- Thomas * In versions prior to 3.0, this is not 100% true. In versions prior to 2.0, this is not true. ** ** Python 2.x distinguishes between "old-style" and "new-style" classes. New-style classes (those which subclass object) are types. The others are a bit different, and exist only for backwards compatibility. Don't use them. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
