In article <mailman.18195.1422405040.18130.python-l...@python.org>, ros...@gmail.com says... > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Mario Figueiredo <mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Means the object is capable of participating in inheritance and/or > > polymorphism. An instance of an object is capable of doing so, per its > > class definitions. Whereas a Python class object is not. > > > > >>> class Master: > > def func(self): > > pass > > > > >>> class Sub(Master): > > pass > > > > >>> Sub.func() > > TypeError: func() missing 1 required positional argument: 'self' > > > I have no idea what you're proving here. You just showed that the > class has a function attached to it, and you didn't provide enough > arguments to it. And types have their own set of attributes and > methods: >
I admit it was a contrived example. I couldn't think of a way to demonstrate that a class object does not participate in its own inheritance rules. Only instances of it can. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
