inheritance and polymorphism

Question 1

determine if an object is of specified type

Answer 1

isinstance(object, class)

Question 2

determine if a type is a subclass of another

Answer 2

issubclass(type, anotherclass)

Question 3

a tuple of base classes of class object

Answer 3

__bases__

Question 4

tuple mro of class

Answer 4

__mro__

Question 5

get list mro of class

Answer 5

mro()

Question 6

algorithm for calculating mro

Answer 6

c3

Question 7

what returns super() ?

Answer 7

super returns a proxy object which routes method calls

Question 8

two types of bound proxies

Answer 8

class bound instance bound

Question 9

class-bound proxy

Answer 9

super(base_class, derived_class)

Question 10

instance-bound proxy

Answer 10

super(class, instance-of-a-class)