What in the world is the attribute “__class__” in python

Question

I have a question about __class__ in python.

The documentation says that __class__ is the class to which a class instance belongs. So I con

Answer 1

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NewCounter2.count = 5

Creates new instance level attribute of NewCounter2. After that you accessing two different attributes (NewCounter2.count - instance level attr and NewCounter2.__class__.count - class level attr) that's cause 'strange' behaviour'.