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On 08/30/2012 08:50 AM, boltar2003@boltar.world wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:14:57 +0100
> MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> <snip>
> If its a class , why is it when I create my own class I get a completely
> different output with print and type?
>
>>>> class foo(object):
> ..     def __init__(self):
> ..             pass
> .. 
>>>> f=foo()
>>>> print f
> <__main__.foo object at 0xb743956c>

You get that because you didn't provide a __str__() method in your
class.  As i said in my other message,   posix.stat_result  is providing
that capability for your debugging convenience.  There's no requirement
to provide it, but that's why the difference.

>>>> type(f)
> <class '__main__.foo'>
>
>
>

I haven't discovered why sometimes the type output shows type instead of
class.  There are other ways of defining classes, however, and perhaps
this is using one of them.  Still, it is a class, and stat() is
returning an instance of that class.

-- 

DaveA

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Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 11:54 +0000
  Re: Beginners question MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-30 13:14 +0100
    Re: Beginners question Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-30 08:23 -0400
    Re: Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 12:50 +0000
      Re: Beginners question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 23:06 +1000
        Re: Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 13:16 +0000
      Re: Beginners question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-30 09:23 -0400
      Re: Beginners question Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 14:30 +0100
      Re: Beginners question Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-30 14:22 -0400
  Re: Beginners question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-08-30 08:25 -0400
    Re: Beginners question boltar2003@boltar.world - 2012-08-30 12:53 +0000
  Re: Beginners question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 22:32 +1000
  Re: Beginners question Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-08-30 14:49 +0200
    Re: Beginners question Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-08-30 16:41 +0200
    Re: Beginners question Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-08-30 17:38 +0200
  Re: Beginners question charvigroups@gmail.com - 2012-09-04 23:28 -0700
    Re: Beginners question Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 09:03 +0100
    Re: Beginners question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-05 09:21 -0400

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