Chapter 13. Classes and OOP
Chapter Topics
Introduction
Object-Oriented Programming
Classes
Instances
Binding and Method Invocation
Subclassing, Derivation, and Inheritance
Built-in Functions
Types vs. Classes/Instances
Customizing Classes with Special Methods
Privacy
Delegation and Wrapping
Related Modules
Classes finally introduce the notion of object-oriented programming (OOP) to our picture. We will first present a high-level overview, covering all the main aspects of using classes and OOP in Python. The remainder of the chapter covers all the details on classes, class instances, and methods. We will also describe derivation or subclassing in Python and what its inheritance model is. Finally, Python provides special attributes which allow the programmer ...
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