On Jun 7, 1:37 pm, Kay Schluehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was reading PEP 3119 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3119/) and > have done some experiments using Python 3.0a5. Now I'm somewhat > puzzled about the purpose of the ABCMeta.register() method. > > One can use the register() method to register any class as a virtual > subclass of any ABC. For example one can register `int` on `Iterable` > and therefore it is a subclass which is confirmed in the issubclass > check. What is that good for?
It's mostly good for types created in C, where it's hard to inherit a class. For example, builtin types register them selves under some ABCs in collections. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
