On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:07 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am working on a revised edition of How To Think Like a Computer > Scientist, > which is going to be called Think Python. It will be published by > Cambridge > University Press, but there will still be a free version under the GNU > FDL. > > You can see the latest version at thinkpython.com; I am revising now, > so > I welcome all comments, suggestions, corrections, etc. > > Anyway, I am posting to ask about the current status of new style > classes. > I am planning to present only one style in the book, because the > differences > between them don't matter for anything I am doing in the book. > > The current edition of the book presents old style classes. I am > considering > switching to new style classes on the assumption that this should be > the default > choice for new programs. The drawback is that a lot of the online > documentation > still uses old style classes. > > Thanks for any guidance you can provide. > > Cheers, > Allen > <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>
Definitely go with the new-style classes. Python 3 is coming out soon, which doesn't have classic classes. http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html#new-class-and-metaclass-stuff
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