CONSTRUCT - New/Old Style Classes, build-in/extension types

[Steve Holden]

Paul Boddie wrote:
> Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
[...]
>>Have those old style classes any benefits?
> 
> 
> That you don't have to write the bizarre conceptual accident that is
> "(object)" when declaring a "top-level" class?
> 
Though of course the easiest way to enforce your classes to new style is 
to begin each module with

__metaclass__ = type

  >>> __metaclass__ = type
  >>> class X: pass
  ...
  >>> X
<class '__main__.X'>
  >>> X()
<__main__.X object at 0x186c6f0c>
  >>> x = X()
  >>> isinstance(x, object)
True
  >>> type(x), type(X)
(<class '__main__.X'>, <type 'type'>)
  >>>

regards
  Steve
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