fixedpoint.py vs Python 2.1

[Robin Becker]

I'm having a bit of difficulty with the fixedpoint module in Python 2.1.

I get the following error

Python 2.1.3 (#35, Apr  8 2002, 17:47:50) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> from fixedpoint import FixedPoint as fp
>>> fp(fp(.175,3)*fp(22,2),2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "fixedpoint.py", line 368, in __mul__
    return _mkFP(self._roundquotient(n1 * n2, _tento(p)), p, type(self))
  File "fixedpoint.py", line 497, in _mkFP
    f = FixedPoint()
TypeError: object of type 'type' is not callable
>>>

is there some reason for passing type(self) around rather than
self.__class__ etc. 
-- 
Robin Becker