class definition syntax

[harryos]

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?

thanks in advance
harry

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

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

 

[Ken Starks]

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?

thanks in advance
harry

It is a syntax used for 'new type' classes, not so new any more.

If you google that phrase, you get many references.

Here is a tutorial dating back to 2005.
http://www.geocities.com/foetsch/python/new_style_classes.htm

 

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

harryos a écrit :

hi
i have seen some class definitions like

class MyClass(object):
def __init__(self):
....

what does the object keyword

It's not a keyword.

inside the braces in MyClass() mean?

Answer is here:

http://docs.python.org/tut/node11.html#SECTION0011500000000000000000
http://docs.python.org/ref/class.html

Has it got any significance?

<ironic>
Nope, why ? It just look better that way...
</ironic>

Harry, this neswgroup is - as you may have noticed by now - very newbie
friendly. But this is not a reason for not reading *at least* the
FineManual's tutorial.