On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Michiel Overtoom <mot...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On Sep 1, 2011, at 10:24, Hegedüs Ervin wrote: > >> 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? > > Amongst other things, fixes to the type system and the method resolution > order. > > 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. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
