[Tutor] modules == class instances?
alan.gauld@bt.com
alan.gauld@bt.com
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:34:49 +0100
> > > Yes, modules are also "objects" in Python.
> > I heard a rumor that a future Python would allow us to
> subclass entire modules, as we do classes. Was I dreaming.
No, its in amongst the metaprogramming stuff.
You can subclass any builtin object in Python
- int, float, string, list, function(!), and module...
It does get a bit wacky conceptually however but there
is a paper on unifying the type and class models.
Alan g.