An object is an instance (or not)?

[Ethan Furman]

On 01/27/2015 12:12 PM, Mario Figueiredo wrote:
>
> Because, from my own study of Python, I've came to realize that the 
> distinction between objects and instances of objects actually exists. In 
> Python, class objects cannot participate in OOP, only their instances. 

I haven't followed the other thread.  Can you give an example of this?  Because I have a counter-example ready:  the new
Enum data type, which uses a metaclass to treat the class just like any other instance of a normal class:

  list(MyEnum)  # fails on a regular class

  for enum in MyEnum: # fails on a regular class

  MyEnum['EnumName']  # fails on a regular class

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~Ethan~

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