3.12 Special Attributes
The implementation adds a few special read-only attributes to several
object types, where they are relevant. Some of these are not reported
by the dir() built-in function.
- __dict__
-
A dictionary or other mapping object used to store an
object's (writable) attributes.
- __methods__
-
Deprecated since release 2.2.
Use the built-in function dir() to get a
list of an object's attributes. This attribute is no longer available.
- __members__
-
Deprecated since release 2.2.
Use the built-in function dir() to get a
list of an object's attributes. This attribute is no longer available.
- __class__
-
The class to which a class instance belongs.
- __bases__
-
The tuple of base classes of a class object. If there are no base
classes, this will be an empty tuple.
- __name__
-
The name of the class or type.
Release 2.5.4, documentation updated on 23rd December, 2008.
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