I am trying to inherit from ElementTree so I can add some methods. This is the code I am trying to make work, and the following is the error I am getting.
from elementtree import ElementTree class AcidTree(ElementTree): def write_string(self): .... File "/home/hope/var/proj/acid/server/mgacparse.py", line 22, in ? class AcidTree(ElementTree): TypeError: Error when calling the metaclass bases module.__init__() takes at most 2 arguments (3 given) I have *no* idea what is going on here. AcidTree does not implement an __init__. It just adds two simple methods, which aren't even being called when then exception is thrown. The exception occurs on the class definition line when I try to inherit from ElementTree. I looked around, and read some stuff in the python cook book, and everything I've seen indicates that it should just work. My only thought is that its a 'oldstyle' vs 'newstyle' classes issue. I know that elementtree was written to be compatible with python 1.5 so maybe it doesn't work with the new stuff. But thats just a crazy assumption I made up to make myself feel better. If anyone could please exmplain what my problem *really* is I would appreciate it greatly. Thanks very much. -Matthew -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list