[Python-Dev] Requesting that a class be a new-style class (original) (raw)
Raymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Sat Feb 19 09:01:14 CET 2005
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> This is something I've typed way too many times: > > Py> class C(): > File "", line 1 > class C(): > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > It's the asymmetry with functions that gets to me - defining a > function with no arguments still requires parentheses in the > definition statement, but defining a class with no bases requires the > parentheses to be omitted.
Seconded. It's always irked me enough that it's the only ``apology'' for Python syntax you'll see in the Nutshell -- top of p. 71, "The syntax of the class statement has a small, tricky difference from that of the def statement" etc.
+1 For me, this would come-up when experimenting with mixins. Adding and removing a mixin usually entailed a corresponding change to the parentheses.
Raymond
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