Mike> Given that Python hides the difference between user-defined Mike> objects and built-in objects, it's not clear to me that anything Mike> other than the current system, with all the classes/types in one Mike> place, makes sense.
Maybe the Module Index should be renamed "Module/Type Index" and embellished with the builtin types, so that you'd find "float (builtin)", "string (builtin)", "dict (builtin)", etc. in the appropriate alphabetical positions. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list