Python stores attributes in a dict. You can add attributes to MyClass, see it has a __dict__:
>>> class MyClass(object):
>>> pass
>>> dir(MyClass)
['__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__format__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', '__weakref__']
The important difference is that object has no __dict__ attribute.
>>> dir(object)
['__class__', '__delattr__', '__doc__', '__format__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__']
More detailed explanations:
- Can't set attributes of object class
- Why can't you add attributes to object in python?