[Numpy-discussion] basic python questions

[Robert Kern]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> On 4/5/07, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>> Ok, I got another hopefully easy question:
>>>
>>> Why this:
>>>     class Point(object):
>>>           ...
>>>
>>> Instead of the style that's used in the Python tutorial in the
>>> 'classes' chapter:
>>>     class Point:
>>>         ...
>> Because the former make new-style classes and the latter make old-style classes.
>> It's not an issue of personal preference: they are somewhat different object
>> models and there are things that old-style classes can't do. As HasTraits is
>> also a new-style class, there's no point in using old-style classes in this
>> tutorial.
> 
> What's the difference in the object models?  I'm surprised that the
> Python tutorial seems to be completely silent on this issue.
> (http://docs.python.org/tut/node11.html)

http://www.python.org/doc/newstyle.html

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco