Constructors...BIIIIG PROBLEM!

[Ian Kelly]

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Michiel Overtoom <motoom at xs4all.nl> wrote:
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> On Sep 1, 2011, at 10:24, Hegedüs Ervin wrote:
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>> On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 10:00:27AM +0200, Michiel Overtoom wrote:
>>> Derive your class from object,
>>
>> why's that better than just create a simple class, without
>> derive?
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> Amongst other things, fixes to the type system and the method resolution order.
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> http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#new-style-and-classic-classes
> http://unspecified.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/pythons-new-classes-vs-old-classes/
> http://www.cafepy.com/article/python_types_and_objects/python_types_and_objects.html
> http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2.3/descrintro/

That is for Python 2.  For Python 3, old-style classes are gone, all
classes derive from object by default, and writing it explicitly is
merely good style for compatibility.