Is their an expression to create a class?

[Paddy]

We the def statement and the lambda expression. We have the class
statement, but is their an expression to create a class?

Or:

Thanks.

- Paddy.

 

[Robert Kern]

We the def statement and the lambda expression. We have the class
statement, but is their an expression to create a class?

Or:

type('O', (object,), {})

--
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco

 

[Chris Rebert]

type('O', (object,), {})

Further detail from the docs (http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html):

type(name, bases, dict)

Return a new type object. This is essentially a dynamic form of
the class statement. The name string is the class name and becomes the
__name__ attribute; the bases tuple itemizes the base classes and
becomes the __bases__ attribute; and the dict dictionary is the
namespace containing definitions for class body and becomes the
__dict__ attribute. For example, the following two statements create
identical type objects:
... a = 1
...
New in version 2.2.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Donald 'Paddy' McCarthy]

Further detail from the docs (http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html):

type(name, bases, dict)

Return a new type object. This is essentially a dynamic form of
the class statement. The name string is the class name and becomes the
__name__ attribute; the bases tuple itemizes the base classes and
becomes the __bases__ attribute; and the dict dictionary is the
namespace containing definitions for class body and becomes the
__dict__ attribute. For example, the following two statements create
identical type objects:

... a = 1
...

New in version 2.2.

Cheers,
Chris

Thanks guys. Youve put my mind at rest!

- Paddy.