Terry Reedy wrote: > "Colin J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Doesn't Python 3 provide an opportunity > | to move away from discussions about > | new_style vs old-style? This an > | opportunity to treat old-style as a > | historical artefact, not requiring > | current explanation. > > Yes, there will not be 'old-style' classes in Py3 and 3.0 doc will not > mention them.. But we are actually at 2.5 and there will be 2.6, 2.7, 2.8? > that still have them. > > > Terry,
Thanks for clarifying the intent. The Python 3.0 doc, under Class, has: Programmer’s note: Variables defined in the class definition are class variables; they are shared by all instances. To define instance variables, they must be given a value in the __init__() method or in another method. Both class and instance variables are accessible through the notation “self.name“, and an instance variable hides a class variable with the same name when accessed in this way. Class variables with immutable values can be used as defaults for instance variables. For new-style classes, descriptors can be used to create instance variables with different implementation details. Presumably, it is intended that every class implicitly inherits from object? Colin W. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
