Core Python Programming

4.7. Categorizing the Standard Types

If we were to be maximally verbose in describing the standard types, we would probably call them something like Python's “basic built-in data object primitive types.”

• “Basic,” indicating that these are the standard or core types that Python provides

• “Built-in,” due to the fact that types these come default with Python. (We use this term very loosely so as to not confuse them with Python built-in variables and functions.)

• “Data,” because they are used for general data storage

• “Object,” because objects are the default abstraction for data and functionality

• “Primitive,” because these types provide the lowest-level granularity of data storage

• “Types,” because that's what they are: data types!

However, this description ...