Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > Ben Finney wrote: > > > * In the distant past of Python, some objects were not instances of any > > class; the terminology in the documentation and messages shows some > > confusing legacies from that ancient time. > > > I presume you are referring to the type/class distinction? > > That is, in Python 1.5 (for example), the *instance* 23 was an > instance of the *type* int but not of any class, as classes (created > with the "class" keyword) were distinct from types.
That's what I was referring to, yes. All ancient history now. In all current versions of Python, every type is a class and every class is a type, and every type is an object and every class is an object, and every object is an instance of a class and is an instance of a type (and you are me and all are we together). -- \ “I like to reminisce with people I don't know. Granted, it | `\ takes longer.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
