On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 8:38:42 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 09:40 pm, Rustom Mody wrote: > > > On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 4:57:31 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 08:36 pm, Eddilbert Macharia wrote: > [...] > >> > *** The instance of class type is a data type an instance of class > >> > type. right ? > >> >>>> type(type) > >> > <class 'type'> > >> > >> type has many instances, not just one. > > > > Not sure what you are trying to emphasize by the 'not just one' > > The OP says "THE [emphasis added] instance of class type" -- type has more > than one instance. > >
Ok > > In particular the issubclass relation is transitive > > Whereas the isinstance is not > > Why is that relevant? One way of construing the emphasized plural was what I pointed out as not the case ∀x • isinstance(x,t) -- true or t = object but not t = type -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
