How do you alias a python class to have another name without using inheritance?

Question

If I have a python class, how can I alias that class-name into another class-name and retain all it's methods and class members and instance members? Is this possible without using inheritance?

e.g. I have a class like:

class MyReallyBigClassNameWhichIHateToType:
    def __init__(self):
         <blah>
    [...]

I'm creating an interactive console session where I don't want my users' fingers to fall off while instantiating the class in the interactive sessions, so I want to alias that really long class name to something tiny like 'C'. Is there an easy way to do this without inheritance?

Answer 1

Refactor the name, no reason it should have a name that long.

Otherwise whateverName = VeryLongClassName should do the trick.

Answer 2

C = MyReallyBigClassNameWhichIHateToType

Answer 3

You can simply do:

ShortName = MyReallyBigClassNameWhichIHateToType

A class in Python is just an object like any other, and can have more than one names.

Answer 4

Also, if you're importing the name from another module...

from modulename import ReallyLongNameWhichIHateToType as FriendlyName