__class__ for 2.2 types

[Larry]

hi, rookie here, I was hoping someone could explain to me why this happens:

Python 2.2 (#28, Dec 21 2001, 12:21:22) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> [].__class__
<type 'list'>
>>> int.__class__
<type 'type'>

why doesn't the int one return <type 'int'>? 

thanks in advance