Paul Boddie wrote: > Ilias Lazaridis wrote: [...] >>Have those old style classes any benefits? > > > That you don't have to write the bizarre conceptual accident that is > "(object)" when declaring a "top-level" class? > Though of course the easiest way to enforce your classes to new style is to begin each module with
__metaclass__ = type >>> __metaclass__ = type >>> class X: pass ... >>> X <class '__main__.X'> >>> X() <__main__.X object at 0x186c6f0c> >>> x = X() >>> isinstance(x, object) True >>> type(x), type(X) (<class '__main__.X'>, <type 'type'>) >>> regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
