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

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> 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.
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