"Simon Wittber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've noticed that a few ASPN cookbook recipes, which are recent additions, use classic classes.
I've also noticed classic classes are used in many places in the standard library.
I've been using new-style classes since Python 2.2, and am suprised people are still using the classic classes.
Is there a legitimate use for classic classes that I am not aware of? Is there a project to specifically migrate standard library classes to new-style classes?
Part of it is simply that it's a bit easier: you don't have to inherit from object.
AFAIK, there's no project to migrate the standard library, and I'm not at all sure that would be a good idea since existing programs that asssume classic class behavior would be affected when classes they inherited from suddenly changed.
Classic classes will go away sometime in the future, currently planned for the semi-mythical 3.0 release.
John Roth
Sw.
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