something just to look at via pydoc import types class anew a newstyle class def amethodself method defined in a def abmethodself method defined in a and b def acmethodself method defined in a and c def admethodself method defined in a and d def abcmethodself method defined in a b and c def abdmethodself method defined in a b and d def acdmethodself method defined in a c and d def abcdmethodself method defined in a b c and d def aclassmethodcls x a class method defined in a aclassmethod classmethodaclassmethod def astaticmethod a static method defined in a astaticmethod staticmethodastaticmethod def getxself a property getter function def setxself value a property setter function def delxself a property deleter function aproperty propertyfdeldelx fgetgetx fsetsetx doca sample property defined in a aintalias int class bnewanew a newstyle class derived from anew def abmethodself method defined in a and b def abcmethodself method defined in a b and c def abdmethodself method defined in a b and d def abcdmethodself method defined in a b c and d def bmethodself method defined in b def bcmethodself method defined in b and c def bdmethodself method defined in b and d def bcdmethodself method defined in b c and d class cnewanew a newstyle class derived from anew def acmethodself method defined in a and c def abcmethodself method defined in a b and c def acdmethodself method defined in a c and d def abcdmethodself method defined in a b c and d def bcmethodself method defined in b and c def bcdmethodself method defined in b c and d def cmethodself method defined in c def cdmethodself method defined in c and d class dnewbnew cnew def admethodself method defined in a and d def abdmethodself method defined in a b and d def acdmethodself method defined in a c and d def abcdmethodself method defined in a b c and d def bdmethodself method defined in b and d def bcdmethodself method defined in b c and d def cdmethodself method defined in c and d def dmethodself method defined in d class funkypropertiesobject def initself self desc x 0 class getdesc def initself attr self attr attr def callself inst print get called self inst return inst descself attr class setdesc def initself attr self attr attr def callself inst val print set called self inst val inst descself attr val class deldesc def initself attr self attr attr def callself inst print del called self inst del inst descself attr x propertygetdesc x setdesc x deldesc x prop x submodule types moduletypename submodule a new style class derived from b_new and c_new from sf bug 472347 by roeland rengelink property getters etc may not be vanilla functions or methods and this used to make gui pydoc blow up a submodule which should appear in its parent s summary
import types

class A_new:
    "A new-style class."

    def A_method(self):
        "Method defined in A."
    def AB_method(self):
        "Method defined in A and B."
    def AC_method(self):
        "Method defined in A and C."
    def AD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A and D."
    def ABC_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B and C."
    def ABD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B and D."
    def ACD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, C and D."
    def ABCD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B, C and D."

    def A_classmethod(cls, x):
        "A class method defined in A."
    A_classmethod = classmethod(A_classmethod)

    def A_staticmethod():
        "A static method defined in A."
    A_staticmethod = staticmethod(A_staticmethod)

    def _getx(self):
        "A property getter function."
    def _setx(self, value):
        "A property setter function."
    def _delx(self):
        "A property deleter function."
    A_property = property(fdel=_delx, fget=_getx, fset=_setx,
                          doc="A sample property defined in A.")

    A_int_alias = int

class B_new(A_new):
    "A new-style class, derived from A_new."

    def AB_method(self):
        "Method defined in A and B."
    def ABC_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B and C."
    def ABD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B and D."
    def ABCD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B, C and D."
    def B_method(self):
        "Method defined in B."
    def BC_method(self):
        "Method defined in B and C."
    def BD_method(self):
        "Method defined in B and D."
    def BCD_method(self):
        "Method defined in B, C and D."

class C_new(A_new):
    "A new-style class, derived from A_new."

    def AC_method(self):
        "Method defined in A and C."
    def ABC_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B and C."
    def ACD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, C and D."
    def ABCD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B, C and D."
    def BC_method(self):
        "Method defined in B and C."
    def BCD_method(self):
        "Method defined in B, C and D."
    def C_method(self):
        "Method defined in C."
    def CD_method(self):
        "Method defined in C and D."

class D_new(B_new, C_new):
    

    def AD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A and D."
    def ABD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B and D."
    def ACD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, C and D."
    def ABCD_method(self):
        "Method defined in A, B, C and D."
    def BD_method(self):
        "Method defined in B and D."
    def BCD_method(self):
        "Method defined in B, C and D."
    def CD_method(self):
        "Method defined in C and D."
    def D_method(self):
        "Method defined in D."

class FunkyProperties(object):
    

    def __init__(self):
        self.desc = {'x':0}

    class get_desc:
        def __init__(self, attr):
            self.attr = attr
        def __call__(self, inst):
            print('Get called', self, inst)
            return inst.desc[self.attr]
    class set_desc:
        def __init__(self, attr):
            self.attr = attr
        def __call__(self, inst, val):
            print('Set called', self, inst, val)
            inst.desc[self.attr] = val
    class del_desc:
        def __init__(self, attr):
            self.attr = attr
        def __call__(self, inst):
            print('Del called', self, inst)
            del inst.desc[self.attr]

    x = property(get_desc('x'), set_desc('x'), del_desc('x'), 'prop x')


submodule = types.ModuleType(__name__ + '.submodule',
    )