Does Python have something like anonymous inner classes of Java?

Question

In Java you can define a new class inline using anonymous inner classes. This is useful when you need to rewrite only a single method of the class.

Suppose that you

Answer 1

This is what you would do in Python 3.7

#!/usr/bin/env python3
class ExmapleClass:
    def exit(self):
        print('this should NOT print since we are going to override')

ExmapleClass= type('', (ExmapleClass,), {'exit': lambda self: print('you should see this printed only')})()
ExmapleClass.exit()