[Python-ideas] Re: class(obj) could return obj.class

9 Feb 2021


      On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 6:39 PM Hans Ginzel hans@matfyz.cz wrote:
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Please, consider class(obj) to return obj.__class__
consistenly with dir(), vars(), repr(), str(),…
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class c: pass
o = c()
o.__class__
<class '__main__.c'>
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class(o)
File "<stdin>", line 1
     class(o)
          ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
It's spelled type(ob), because syntactically, "class" is special. :)
ChrisA

[Python-ideas] Re: class(obj) could return obj.__class__

Chris Angelico

[Python-ideas] Re: class(obj) could return obj.class