On 12/6/2013 12:03 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
Is it just me, or is this basically useless?

 >>> help(object)
Help on class object in module builtins:

class object
  |  The most base type

Given that this can be interpreted as 'least desirable', it could definitely be improved.

Surely a few more words,

How about something like.

'''The default top superclass for all Python classes.

Its methods are inherited by all classes unless overriden.
'''

When you have 1 or more concrete suggestions for the docstring, open a tracker issue.

> or a pointer to this
http://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object, would be better?

URLs don't belong in docstrings. People should know how to find things in the manual index.

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Terry Jan Reedy

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