What is object()

[Hameed Khan]

hi,
i was reading library refrence manual. there i found
object() function. they says in library refrence that
"Return a new featureless object. object() is
a base for all new style classes. It has the methods
that are common to all instances of new style
classes."

My questions are whats the use of this function and
the object returned by it? and what are new style
classes?.

Thanks,
Hameed Khan

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[Aahz]

i was reading library refrence manual. there i found
object() function. they says in library refrence that
"Return a new featureless object. object() is
a base for all new style classes. It has the methods
that are common to all instances of new style
classes."

There's not much use for an instance of object. Don't worry about it.

My questions are whats the use of this function and
the object returned by it? and what are new style
classes?.

http://www.python.org/2.2.3/descrintro.html

 

[John Roth]

There's not much use for an instance of object. Don't worry about it.

Unless, of course, you're using the __new__() method.

John Roth
http://www.pythoncraft.com/

 

[David Eppstein]

There's not much use for an instance of object. Don't worry about it.

It can be useful when you want something that is guaranteed to be
different from all other objects and has no other purpose than existing
and being different.

Beyond that somewhat specialized use, object exists to be subclassed,
not instantiated directly.

 

[Aahz]

Unless, of course, you're using the __new__() method.

"Not much" != "none" ;-)

 

[Gerrit Holl]

"Not much" != "none" ;-)

"Not much" >= "none" ;-)
Because none is not much ;-)

yours,
Gerrit.

 

[Dan Bishop]

"Not much" >= "none" ;-)
Because none is not much ;-)

No, "Not much" < "none", because the comparison is case-sensitive.
However, it is True that "not much" >= "none" and "Not much" >= None
;-)