class definition syntax

[Diez B. Roggisch]

harryos wrote:

> hi
> i have seen some class definitions like
> 
> class MyClass(object):
>     def __init__(self):
>        ....
> 
> what does the object keyword inside the braces in MyClass() mean?
> Has it got any significance?

It indicates a so-called new-style-class. The new style classes have been
available since python2.2:

http://docs.python.org/ref/node33.html

Diez