is it possible to give an instance a value?

[Aahz]

In article <45edfb62$0$28523$426a74cc at news.free.fr>,
Bruno Desthuilliers  <bdesth.quelquechose at free.quelquepart.fr> wrote:
>manstey a écrit :
>> 
>> Is there a way to make a have the value a.val
>
>Forget about the value/instance distinction - it doesn't exists in Python.

Actually, I think it does.  For example, int('123') has the value 123.
The way I would put it, any type/class that has an eval()able
representation has a value.
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