type, object hierarchy?

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

7stud a écrit :
> print dir(type)      #__mro__ attribute is in here
> print dir(object)   #no __mro__ attribute
> 
> 
> class Mammals(object):
>     pass
> class Dog(Mammals):
>     pass
> 
> print issubclass(Dog, type)   #False
> print Dog.__mro__
> 
> --output:--
> (<class '__main__.Dog'>, <class '__main__.Mammals'>, <type 'object'>)
> 
> 
> The output suggests that Dog actually is a subclass of type

Nope. It suggests that Dog is a subclass of object (which is not really 
surprising).