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where is NoneType defined?
Skaperen
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Jan-23-2021, 11:06 PM
where is NoneType defined or is NoneType = type(None) the only way to get it?
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Gribouillis

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Jan-24-2021, 08:20 AM
As far as I know, type(None) is the normal way to get it. It is a singleton type:
>>> t = type(None)
>>> t() is None
True
In CPython, it is defined in object.c in the source tree: see the lines PyTypeObject _PyNone_Type = ...
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