where is the __dict__ ?

[Erik Max Francis]

black wrote:

>   my book said all dictionaries have __dict__ method but couldnt find
> it by using dir(), where is it  ?

Didn't you already ask this?  Dictionaries do not have a __dict__
attribute (they're dictionaries already, why would they need one?), but
instances and classes do:

>>> class C: pass
... 
>>> C.__dict__
{'__module__': '__main__', '__doc__': None}
>>> c = C()
>>> c.__dict__
{}

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