Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > > What is the reason for allowing both styles? (backwards compatibility??) > > yes.
Note that there is another way to create new-style classes: __metaclass__ = type before the first class definition: >>> class Foo: pass ... >>> type(Foo) <type 'classobj'> >>> __metaclass__ = type >>> class Bar: pass ... >>> type(Bar) <type 'type'> I like this. However, perhaps other people reading my source code won't like it, because when they see 'class Foo:', they might expect an old-style class. But it's so much better to type and to read, that I prefer this. Does the Python style guide have any severe penalty for using this? regards, Gerrit. -- Temperature in Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden: | Current temperature 05-09-25 15:19:47 11.0 degrees Celsius ( 51.9F) | -- Det finns inte dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
