Everything is an object in python - object class and type class

[Eddilbert Macharia]

On Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 5:34:20 PM UTC+3, Eddilbert Macharia wrote:
> Hello All ,
> 
> I'm wrecking my head trying to understand. where the class object comes into play . 
> 
> Is it only meant to act as base class and does it mean there is an actual class called object in python which all the objects created using the class type inherit ?
> 
> i'm assuming the metaclass if simplified would look something like this :
> 
> type('dict', (object,),{})
> 
> And when we use the class type as a metaclass are we using the instance version of the class type or are we actually using the type class itself ?
> 
> Also when we say everything is an object in python, are we referring to the fact that everything is an instance of the class type or does it have to with the object class inherited ? 
> 
> As can be attested by using type() function as below :
> 
> >>> type(int)
> <class 'type'>
> >>> type(list)
> <class 'type'>
> >>> type(dict)
> <class 'type'>
> >>> type(type)
> <class 'type'>
> >>> type(object)
> <class 'type'>
> 
> From my understanding this means all of this are instances of the class type. which means the class type was used to create this instances.
> 
> Now if i look at the __bases__ of all this objects i get :
> 
> >>> type.__base__
> <class 'object'>
> >>> type.__bases__
> (<class 'object'>,)
> >>> dict.__bases__
> (<class 'object'>,)
> >>> list.__bases__
> (<class 'object'>,)
> >>> int.__bases__
> (<class 'object'>,)
> >>> object.__bases__
> ()
> 
> This tells me that all of this objects inherit from the class object which has nothing to do with them being instances.

you guys are just confusing me, you are going in loops, and still i have understood ,what makes everything in python an object.
hey is where i'm at :
*** type in python refers to data types e.g. int, str, boolean e.t.c. right ?

*** The interpreter creates two classes type and object when setting up a python environment. right ?

*** The creator (metaclass) of all data types (i.e. int,str) in python is the class type. right ?

>>> isinstance(int,type)
True

*** The instance of class type is a data type an instance of class type. right ?
>>> type(type)
<class 'type'>
>>> isinstance(type,type)
True


*** Class type gets some of its behavior from class object through inheritance.right ?

>>> issubclass(type,object)
True

*** instance of class object is type, in the sense it created using class type which inherits from class object.right ?

>>> isinstance(object,type)
True
>>> isinstance(object,object)
True

****so is it right to say, everything in python is an object because they are instance of the class type which inherits from class object ?