Re: [Python-Dev] Is object the most base type? (bpo-20285)

2018-02-02 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/2/2018 1:53 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: >>> object.__doc__ 'The most base type' I and several people on python-list thread "interactive help on the base object" (Dec   2013) thought this could be improved.  On https://bugs.python.org/issue20285 and https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/4759

Re: [Python-Dev] Is object the most base type? (bpo-20285)

2018-02-02 Thread Jeff Allen
On 02/02/2018 07:25, Steven D'Aprano wrote: How about: "the base class of the class heirarchy" "the root of the class heirarchy" Java ... now says: "Class Object is the root of the class hierarchy. Every class has Object as a superclass. All objects, including arrays, implement

Re: [Python-Dev] Is object the most base type? (bpo-20285)

2018-02-02 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Feb 2, 2018, at 02:25, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 01:53:00AM -0500, Terry Reedy wrote: > object.__doc__ >> 'The most base type’ Clearly that’s a typo. It should be: “The most bass type” as in: "It all starts with the bass, the most important

Re: [Python-Dev] Is object the most base type? (bpo-20285)

2018-02-02 Thread Martin Panter
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 01:53:00AM -0500, Terry Reedy wrote: >> >>> object.__doc__ >> 'The most base type' > [...] >> I have suggested >> "The superclass for all Python classes." >> "The starting base class of all types and classes other than itself." >> >> I intended to pick the second, but

Re: [Python-Dev] Is object the most base type? (bpo-20285)

2018-02-01 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 01:53:00AM -0500, Terry Reedy wrote: > >>> object.__doc__ > 'The most base type' [...] > I have suggested > "The superclass for all Python classes." > "The starting base class of all types and classes other than itself." > > I intended to pick the second, but Serhiy