[Python-Dev] class Foo(object) vs class Foo: should be clearly explained in python 2 and 3 doc (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Sun Aug 10 18:26:39 CEST 2014


On Aug 10, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:

This is not true. An alternative is to put

metaclass = type at the top of your module to make all classes in your module new-style in python2.

I like this much better, and it's what I do in my own bilingual code. It makes it much easier to remove the unnecessary cruft when you drop the Python 2 support.

-Barry



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