Re: [Python-Dev] Making None a keyword

Patrick> ... what about something like:

>>> None.__class__.__base__ <type 'object'>

Patrick> Or does this not apply because None is at the front?

I suspect it does apply.

I doubt it's used much, but what would happen to types.NoneType? If None is a keyword, how will you generate it, or will it disappear when that happens?

Nothing would change. None would be a literal keyword, but its value in an expression would be the same as before, so None.__class__ would work. Compare "foo".__class__. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)