On 28 September 2011 22:26, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > I remember that 'class' is sugar for type(....). > > I don't remember if 'def' is sugar for something besides lambda. > > Any clues for me? Heck, I'll even be grateful for outright answers!
It's not really sugar. But I think you mean something like this: >>> class A: pass ... >>> type(A) <class 'type'> >>> type is type(A) True So the closest you get for functions will be: >>> def f(): pass ... >>> type(f) <class 'function'> Try help(type(f)) to see how to use it to create a function object. The problem is that you need to provide a code object, and the easiest way to create a code object is to use a def statement :) HTH -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list