当类从无继承时,我有一个实例类型的对象。
>>> class A(): pass;
>>> a = A()
>>> type(a)
<type 'instance'>
>>> type(a) is A
False
>>> type(A)
<type 'classobj'>
但是,当我从一个对象继承同一个类时,创建的对象是A类型。
>>> class A(object): pass;
>>> a = A()
>>> type(a)
<class '__main__.A'>
>>> type(a) is A
True
>>> type(A)
<type 'type'>
这背后的逻辑是什么?这是否意味着每个类都应该从对象继承?
在 Python 3 中,这两个是相同的。然而,在 Python 2 中:
class A: pass # old-style class
class B(object): pass # new-style class
来自 New-style and classic classes在文档中:
Up to Python 2.1, old-style classes were the only flavour available to the user. The concept of (old-style) class is unrelated to the concept of type: if x
is an instance of an old-style class, then x.__class__
designates the class of x
, but type(x)
is always <type 'instance'>
. This reflects the fact that all old-style instances, independently of their class, are implemented with a single built-in type, called instance.
New-style classes were introduced in Python 2.2 to unify classes and types. A new-style class is neither more nor less than a user-defined type. If x
is an instance of a new-style class, then type(x)
is the same as x.__class__
.
The major motivation for introducing new-style classes is to provide a unified object model with a full meta-model. It also has a number of immediate benefits, like the ability to subclass most built-in types, or the introduction of "descriptors", which enable computed properties.
出于这些原因,最好尽可能使用新式类。旧式类甚至存在于 Python 2.2+ 中的唯一原因是为了向后兼容;在 Python 3 中,旧式类已被删除。