Adam Pletcher wrote: > I'm curious (and somewhat new to Python)... What's the benefit of > inheriting from 'object'? > > The docs aren't clear on that, nor is that used in the class examples > I've seen. > Thanks in advance. > Well, they are, but they are just not well integrated. Which they, the docs themselves, admit. The keyword is 'new-style classes'. Have a read or two: <http://www.python.org/doc/newstyle.html>
Maybe this is a better intro, however: <http://www.geocities.com/foetsch/python/new_style_classes.htm> Hope that helps. /W -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list