On Nov 16, 2007 2:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:02:25 +0200, Janne Härkönen > wrote: > > >> X is an "old style" class. Most people probably shouldn't use old style > >> classes, for various reasons. To use new style classes, you inherit > >> from object: > > > > I am also aware of old and new style classes, this was the fastest way > > to type it in console > > Ah, an optimization huh? > > So, by saving 1/2 a second by not typing "(object)" in your example code, > the consequences are that I wasted my time explaining that you should use > new style classes, and you wasted your time reading and responding to my > explanation, and now I'm wasting my time *again* telling you off for > wasting my time in the first place. > > There should be a term for "optimization" techniques that actually slow > things down instead of speeding them up.
pessimization, of course. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
