At http://docs.python.org/2/library/new.html (8.16. new — Creation of runtime internal objects), it says: Deprecated since version 2.6: The 'new' module has been removed in Python 3. Use the 'types' module’s classes instead. But the 'types' module doesn't export any classes, and the page at http://docs.python.org/2/library/types.html doesn't indicate how it could be used to replace the functionality of the 'new' module. -Michael