On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Ned Batchelder <n...@nedbatchelder.com> wrote: > I don't know what the difference is between "object" and "instance". An > object is an instance of a class. The two words are interchangeable as far > as I know.
My understanding is that "instance" is meaningless unless followed by "of". That is to say, 123.45 is an object, and it is an instance *of* the 'float' class. Everything in Python is an instance *of something*, so in a sense, you can say that everything is an instance, but that's like saying that everything has a color. Sure it does, but you need to be more specific. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list