[Python-Dev] PEP 3000 and new style classes

Fri Sep 9 20:31:47 CEST 2005

In article <20050908211307.GA506 at mithrandi.za.net>,
 Tristan Seligmann <mithrandi-python-dev at mithrandi.za.net> wrote:
> * Lisandro Dalcin <dalcinl at gmail.com> [2005年09月08日 13:56:07 -0300]:
>> > Yes, you are right. But this way, you are making explicit a behavior
> > that will be implicit in the future.
> > 
> > For example, we could also do:
> > 
> > two = float(4)/float(2)
> > 
> > instead of 
> > 
> > from future import division
> > two = 4/2
>> Why does it matter if the single statement you insert is spelled
> " metaclass = type" instead of "from future import whatever"?
> Remember, unlike the division example, you would only have to insert one
> statement, as opposed to changing every use of integer division.

It matters because "metaclass = type" is completely obscure. How would 
any non-expert have a clue what it means?
-- Russell