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The simplest Python class

I will start with the simplest class you could ever write in Python:

# oop/simplest.class.pyclass Simplest():  # when empty, the braces are optional    passprint(type(Simplest))  # what type is this object?simp = Simplest()  # we create an instance of Simplest: simpprint(type(simp))  # what type is simp?# is simp an instance of Simplest?print(type(simp) == Simplest)  # There's a better way for this

Let's run the preceding code and explain it line by line:

$ python simplest.class.py<class 'type'><class '__main__.Simplest'>True

The Simplest class I defined has only the pass instruction in its body, which means it doesn't have any custom attributes or methods. Brackets after the name are optional if empty. I will print its ...