I've updated the 2.2 article with a section that gives an overview of the type/class changes. At this point the text should be essentially done, except for whatever small changes get into CVS between now and 2.2final. Please take a look and send me any comments: http://www.amk.ca/python/2.2/ (Oops! Michael McLay just sent me a note pointing out that I refer to .__get__() as .get() in a few places. So don't bother reporting that.) If your favorite patch or improvement isn't mentioned, please let me know. Also inform me if you aren't mentioned as a contributor to a patch. BTW, I call PEP 261, "Support for "wide" Unicode characters", not finally accepted and not implemented. Is that correct? Is it going to be finished before 2.2final, or should I simply describe it as partially implemented in the final version of the text? --amk