property problems

[Antonio Cuni]

Alex Martelli wrote:

> What really determines if x is a new-style class is x's metaclass,
> and rather than inheriting it from x's base (which is the normal
> way to do it) you may alternatively choose to assert it explicitly
> by a __metaclass__ attribute in class scope (or a global variable
> __metaclass__ in module scope if x has no bases).  x is new-style
> iff x's metaclass is the built-in type object named 'type'.
 
uhm... type inherit from object, but object's metaclass is type: isn't 
there a recursion problem?

ciao Anto
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