Terry Reedy wrote: > On 12/14/2014 6:15 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Ivan Evstegneev wrote: >>> I have stuck a bit with this example(took this one from the book). >>> >>> Here are a description steps of what I've done till now: >>> >>> Step 1 - creating an empty namespace: >>> >>>>>> class rec: pass >> >> IMHO that is not actually creating a namespace; it is just >> declaring/defining an empty class. > > I pythonland, a namespace is a many to one mapping between names and > objects. They are usually but not necessarily implemented with dicts. > […] > >> BTW, the recommended Python 3.x way is >> >> class Rec (object): >> pass > > I hope you meant Python *2*.x,
I did not. > where '(object)' *is* needed to make a newstyle class. In 3.x, '(object)' > is optional and normally omitted except in code meant to run unchanged in > 2 and 3. Your statements are corroborated by the Language Reference: <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html#python-scopes-and-namespaces> <https://docs.python.org/2.7/reference/datamodel.html#new-style-and-classic-classes> Thanks. -- PointedEars -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
