In Python Types and Objects, Shalabh Chaturvedi says (in the Python 3.0 documentation - New Style Classes)
"The term class is traditionally used to imply an object created by the class statement. However, classes are now synonymous with types. Built-in types are usually not referred to as classes. This book prefers using the term type for both built-in and user created types." Do we need two different words to describe what is essentially the same thing? Colin W. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list