On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:50:57 -0700 (PDT), harryos wrote: > class MyClass(object): > def __init__(self): > .... > > what does the object keyword inside the braces in MyClass() mean? > Has it got any significance? It's inheritance. MyClass class inherits from object class. Check out point 9.5 in the tutorial. -- Regards, Wojtek Walczak, http://tosh.pl/gminick/