[Baypiggies] Fwd: [Tutor] what.built-in

[Laurence Clark]

And what this about "new style objects". Do they have a "new style" 
common base class?

jim stockford wrote:

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>     *From: *jim stockford <jim at well.com>
>     *Date: *September 29, 2006 6:24:31 AM PDT
>     *To: *tutor at python.org
>     *Subject: [Tutor] what.built-in
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>     from
>     http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html
>     some functions are always available--the built-in functions.
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>     (from elsewhere) everything in python is an object.
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>     hey, from abs() to zip() there's type() and super() and str()
>     and setattr() and ... dir() and... they're the built-ins
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>     my question: what.abs() what.zip() etc.?
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>     I think there must be a base object, a la java or Nextstep,
>     that supports these functions. what is it?
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>     maybe it's not practical, but it's driving me nuts anyway.
>     thanks in advance.
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