int literals and __class__ (WAS: Is a list an instance of a class?)

[Steven Bethard]

Dan Bishop <danb_83 <at> yahoo.com> writes:
> You don't have to ask *that* nicely.
> 
> >>> 1 .__class__  # notice the space
> <type 'int'>

Why does this work?  Or, perhaps my real question is why *doesn't* it work
without the space?  Pointers to the appropriate point in the docs would be
fine...  I assume it's something about making parsing easier...?

Thanks,

Steve