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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:46:14 +1000
Subject: Re: typing question
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't explain this behavior (since doesn't every class inherit from object
> by default? And if so, there should be no difference between any of my class
> definitions).

That is true in Python 3, but not in Python 2. That's why your example
works perfectly in version 3.2. Be explicit about deriving from object
and your code should work fine in both versions.

Chris Angelico