Get the ancestors of a python class

Python has inheritance, but if you encounter a Python object in a program, how can you tell what it's superclasses are?

mro is an abbreviation for method resolution. Use the mro method on class.

>>> something = object() type(something).mro()
[<class 'object'>] 

This is just an object of type object, it's only class is object. Let's get a bit more complicated.

>>> class Fruit:
...     pass ...
>>> class Apple(Fruit):
...     pass ...
>>> Apple.mro()
[<class '__main__.Apple'>, <class '__main__.Fruit'>, <class 'object'>] 

OK, Apple inherits from Fruit which inherits from object. Makes sense!

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