type(name, bases, dict) creates a new type

When the Python interpreter executes a class statement […], it calls type with the following arguments:

• The name of the class as a string
• A tuple of base classes - for our example this is the ‘one-pl’ 1
• A dictionary containing members of the class (class attributes, methods, etc) mapped by their names

added 2012-06-02T19:58:07Z by anders