if (__name__ == '__main__'): main(sys.argv[1:])

[Michael Hudson]

François Pinard <pinard at iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> A word about the `__metaclass__' line.  My intent is to forget all about
> classic classes and go with the new type system as quickly as possible.
> I do not want to derive each and every of my classes from `object',
> and later edit all those `(object)' out when the classic classes will
> effectively get deprecated.  

Why would you do that?  Even if you don't inherit from object
explicitly (eg. what you do) object is still a base class.

I don't like using a __metaclass__ global because it's a non-local
effect.

Cheers,
mwh

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