On 2007-03-20, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... >> There are plenty of reasons for preferring new style classes. If those >> reasons hold for you, then of course you should use new style classes. >> >> But that's not the same thing as saying that you should use new style >> classes *even when you don't care about those features*. > > You should always use new-style classes in order to avoid having to stop > and make a decision each time you code a class -- having to stop and ask > yourself "do I need any of the many extra features of new-style classes > here, or will legacy classes suffice?" each and every time. > > There should ideally be only one obvious way -- and that obvious way is > to always use new-style classes and avoid a feature that's there only > for backwards compatibility with legacy code.
I disagree. The obvious way is to use old-style classes. IMO the obvious way, is what a newbee will do after he has read the tutorial. And as far as I am familiar with the tutorial someone trying out python after he read it, will use old-style classes. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
