On Jan 17, 2008 6:15 AM, Andy Cheesman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My only arising question is why should i
> "derive from object, so that you get a new-style class."
>
This list discussed this topic a couple of weeks ago. Recklessly
simplifying, it boils down to this: By using new-style classes, your objects
inherit a number of pre-defined methods and properties which you would
otherwise have to write yourself. Ceteris paribus, a new-style class takes
up less memory than the equivalent old-style class (there was some wild
surmise about why that should be, but it's not important now.) Finally, it
appears that Python 3000 will require new-style classes, so you might as
well get used to them now.
For your program, the only difference is that instead of defining a class
like this:
class Thingy():
pass
you would write this:
class Thingy(object):
pass
Not much downside, I'd say.
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