On Monday, December 9, 2013 8:11:47 AM UTC+5:30, zipher wrote: > >> What methods, if any does it provide? Are they all abstract? etc??? > > Pretty much nothing useful :-) > > py> dir(object) > > [...]
> So (prodding the student), Why does everything inherit from Object if > it provides no functionality? Thats right. What does a collection object like [] or the empty set ∅ (assuming the unicode-gods will allow and bless that) do when it collects nothing? Lets make sure all lists and sets start non-empty. And why have a stupid number like 0 when it counts nothing? Lets go back to roman numerals which is so much more… > Practicality-beats-purity-yours? Practical!!⸮¿¡ PS Can some kind soul inform me whether I could convince GG to unicode my post? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list