Where is stored the int value of a int instance in Python?

Question

The int type in python offers two attributes named numerator and real that have the same content as __int__().

A

Answer 1

The actual integer value is in ob_ival. In essence, int_int is simply taking the integer value from one int object and wrapping it in another object.

Not sure why you can't see the properties. If I run this, they show up for me, in both 2.7 and 3.4 versions:

x = 8
dir(x)

EDIT: Too hard to explain in a comment, so adding to the answer.

You could easily subclass it like this:

class foo(int):
    def __getitem__(self):
        return self + 1

foo(8).__getitem__()

You could also use super to explicitly access the int object this way.

(You do realize that __getitem__ is for use with keyed objects [dict-like, say] and hence normally gets a second argument specifying the key, right? And int and float are not keyed.)