Make default superclass 'object' if not specified?

[Jp Calderone]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 01:01:38AM +0000, Robert Oschler wrote:
> I just had an incident where I was puzzled over __slots__.  I had defined
> __slots__ for a new class definition I created, yet instances of the class
> were accepting assignments to attributes not in the __slots__ list.  I had
> forgotten to derive the new class from 'object'.  Is there a way to make the
> default superclass for all defined classes 'object' if none is specified?
> 

  Put "__metaclass__ = type" at the top of your module.  As far as I know,
this can only be done on a per-module basis and in this way.

  Jp

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