Re: Difference between type and class

oj <ojeeves@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Jul 31, 11:37 am, Nikolaus Rath <Nikol...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
So why does Python distinguish between e.g. the type 'int' and the
class 'myclass'? Why can't I say that 'int' is a class and 'myclass'
is a type?

I might be wrong here, but I think the point is that there is no
distinction. A class (lets call it SomeClass for this example) is an
object of type 'type', and an instance of a class is an object of type
'SomeClass'.

But there seems to be a distinction:

class int_class(object):
.... pass
....
int_class
<class '__main__.int_class'>
int
<type 'int'>

why doesn't this print

class int_class(object):
.... pass
....
int_class
<type '__main__.int_class'>
int
<type 'int'>

or

class int_class(object):
.... pass
....
int_class
<class '__main__.int_class'>
int
<class 'int'>

If there is no distinction, how does the Python interpreter know when
to print 'class' and when to print 'type'?


Best,

-Nikolaus

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