Understanding properties

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 06-Jul-2002 merman wrote:
>> class MyObject(object):
> 
> Why it needs the inheritance from object - I don't understand.
> 
> Can you enlighten me please?
> 

deriving from 'object' causes the class to be a new style python 2.2+ class. 
This enables the properties code.  If you do not derive from object python
creates a class just like it always has, with no new features.