Re: [Python-Dev] type vs. class terminology

2012-11-30 Thread Terry Reedy
On 11/29/2012 11:55 PM, Eli Bendersky wrote: On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Chris Jerdonek chris.jerdo...@gmail.com mailto:chris.jerdo...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to know when we should use class in the Python 3 documentation, and when we should use type. Are these terms

Re: [Python-Dev] type vs. class terminology

2012-11-29 Thread Eli Bendersky
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Chris Jerdonek chris.jerdo...@gmail.comwrote: I would like to know when we should use class in the Python 3 documentation, and when we should use type. Are these terms synonymous in Python 3, and do we have a preference for which to use and when? I'm sure

Re: [Python-Dev] type vs. class terminology

2012-11-26 Thread Guido van Rossum
Hm. None of the distinctions brought up so far really hit true with me (though they all are part of the picture). For example, I think the distinction between type(x) and x.__class__ is rarely significant -- I bet that if anyone were to rely on this they'd first have to change a lot of code that

[Python-Dev] type vs. class terminology

2012-11-25 Thread Chris Jerdonek
I would like to know when we should use class in the Python 3 documentation, and when we should use type. Are these terms synonymous in Python 3, and do we have a preference for which to use and when? I'm sure this has been discussed before. But if this terminology issue has already been

Re: [Python-Dev] type vs. class terminology

2012-11-25 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Chris Jerdonek chris.jerdo...@gmail.comwrote: I would like to know when we should use class in the Python 3 documentation, and when we should use type. Are these terms synonymous in Python 3, and do we have a preference for which to use and when? I'm sure

Re: [Python-Dev] type vs. class terminology

2012-11-25 Thread Xavier Morel
On 2012-11-26, at 07:54 , Nick Coghlan wrote: On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Chris Jerdonek chris.jerdo...@gmail.comwrote: I would like to know when we should use class in the Python 3 documentation, and when we should use type. Are these terms synonymous in Python 3, and do we have a

Re: [Python-Dev] type vs. class terminology

2012-11-25 Thread Hrvoje Niksic
On 11/26/2012 06:01 AM, Chris Jerdonek wrote: I would like to know when we should use class in the Python 3 documentation, and when we should use type. Are these terms synonymous in Python 3, and do we have a preference for which to use and when? Some people like to use class for the subset