I suppose it must be there to distinguish subtypes from other subtypes of BasicMeta that aren't BasicType. Either that or it used to have methods but they were deleted, and the class was not deleted. I would look into the git history of it using git blame.
Aaron Meurer On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Joachim Durchholz <[email protected]> wrote: > Class BasicType defines no methods or attributes, its only subclass is > BasicMeta. > Neither class is in the sympy namespace. > > Does BasicType serve any purpose that BasicMeta would not? > > (Context: I found this while exploring SymPy's metaclass hierarchy. > Metaclass status should not affect the outcome of this question though.) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/54FF396B.4060808%40durchholz.org. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAKgW%3D6J%2BCVMd7wEMrgTi%2BdgHNGpRW3C%2BXnC6_0f4UHwxtR2VNA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
