Re: Are all classes new-style classes in 2.4+?

On 31 Dec 2006 03:57:04 -0800, Isaac Rodriguez
<isaac.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am using Python 2.4, and I was wondering if by default, all
classes are assumed to be derived from "object".

This won't tell you advantages or disadvantages, but will show you
that the default still is the old-style:

class old:
.... pass
....
type(old())
<type 'instance'>
dir(old())
['__doc__', '__module__']

class new(object):
.... pass
....
type(new())
<class '__main__.new'>
dir(new())
['__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__',
'__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__new__',
'__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__',
'__weakref__']


In general, even if you don't understand the differences, it's better
to use new-style (they're new ;-). Anyway, see
http://effbot.org/pyref/new-style-and-classic-classes.htm for a little
more information.

--
Felipe.
.