Bug in New Style Classes

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David MacQuigg <dmq at gain.com> wrote in message news:<rmu1d09qiqtosgdq1vavv3736sb62bktri at 4ax.com>...
> I have what looks like a bug trying to generate new style classes with
> a factory function.
> 
> class Animal(object): pass
> class Mammal(Animal): pass
> 
> def newAnimal(bases=(Animal,), dict={}):
>     class C(object): pass
>     C.__bases__ = bases
>     dict['_count'] = 0
>     C.__dict__ = dict
>     return C
> 
> Canine = newAnimal((Mammal,))
> TypeError: __bases__ assignment: 'Mammal' deallocator differs from
> 'object'
> 
> If I remove the 'object' from the class C(object) statement, then I
> get a different, equally puzzling error message:
> 
> TypeError: __bases__ items must be classes
> 
> The function works only if I remove 'object' from all base classes.
> 
> -- Dave

This is not a bug. The developers removed the possibility to change
the bases of a new-style class. Probably because it could not be done
reliably (I don't know). But I am happy my base classes cannot
change under my feet ;)

You can just create a new class with new bases if you wish.


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