Difference between type and class

[Nikolaus Rath]

Miles <semanticist at gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
>> If it is just a matter of different rendering, what's the reason for
>> doing it like that? Wouldn't it be more consistent and straightforward
>> to denote builtin types as classes as well?
>
> Yes, and in Python 3, it will be so:
>
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> http://svn.python.org/view?rev=23331&view=rev

That makes matters absolutely clear. Thanks a lot. No more questions
from my side ;-).


Best,

   -Nikolaus


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