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

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

It is certainly required when writing code that will behave the same in version 2 and 3

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.