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> attempting to ascertain whether "lambda:0" is really the shortest way to make an empty object in python...

In what sense does "lambda:0" create an empty object? And how is it better than "object()"?

Specifically I was in need of making an "object" that could have attributes set on it. You can either use lambda:anything_syntax_ok or an empty class. The empty class is much bigger. Lambda is an ugly hack but it works...

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