Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'newbie': 0.05; 'root': 0.05; '"""': 0.07; 'subject:help': 0.08; 'classes.': 0.09; 'inherited': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'methods,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'suggestions.': 0.09; 'things,': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; 'thread': 0.14; "'''": 0.16; 'drifting': 0.16; 'grounds': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reminded': 0.16; 'subject:object': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'issue,': 0.24; 'tracker': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'raise': 0.29; 'wonder': 0.29; 'dec': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'asked': 0.31; '>>>>': 0.31; 'class': 0.32; 'another': 0.32; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'classes': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'improved': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; 'interested,': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; "you've": 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'situation': 0.65; 'australia': 0.69; 'default': 0.69; 'odds': 0.84; 'subject:base': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: interactive help on the base object Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:43:43 +0000 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-147-21-198.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.1 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1386553439 news.xs4all.nl 2938 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56786 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:61341 On 09/12/2013 00:45, Denis McMahon wrote: > On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:48:57 +0000, Mark Lawrence wrote: > >>>> >>> help(object) >>>> Help on class object in module builtins: >>>> >>>> class object >>>> | The most base type > > >>> '''The default top superclass for all Python classes. >>> Its methods are inherited by all classes unless overriden. >>> ''' > >> Terry's suggestion above remains odds on favourite on the grounds that >> there have been no other suggestions. I'll give it another day, then >> raise a tracker issue, unless the overwhelming smell of pot that has >> been drifting around this thread knocks me unconscious. > > """ The root class for all Python classes. Its methods are inherited by > all classes unless overriden. """ > Thanks Denis, you've reminded me why I asked in the first place. What methods, if any does it provide? Are they all abstract? etc??? Personally I'm not really interested, but a newbie might well be and hence might wonder what the hell is going on. If and only if the situation can be improved I'll raise an issue, if not I'll quietly let it drop, and consider more important things, like why are Australia currently thrashing England at cricket? :) -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence