__mro__ — Easy Examples

Method Resolution Order; the order in which base classes are searched

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Accessing __mro__

How to access and use __mro__.

python
# __mro__
print("Demonstrating __mro__")
print(type(object).__dict__.keys())

__mro__ is a special attribute that method resolution order; the order in which base classes are searched.

__mro__ in practice

Using __mro__ in everyday code.

python
# More __mro__ examples
print("__mro__ is a special Python attribute")

# Every object has certain dunder attributes
obj = object()
attrs = [a for a in dir(obj) if a.startswith("__")]
print(f"object has {len(attrs)} dunder attributes")

Understanding __mro__ helps you introspect and debug Python objects.

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