Class with Object as a parameter

Question

I\'m trying to translate some python code to scala code. So I\'m a total noob in Python.

But why do some classes have object as a parameter but never explicitly use

Answer 1

The Table class is extending a class called object. It's not an argument. The reason you may want to extend object explicitly is it turns the class into a new-style class. If you don't explicitly specify it extends object, until Python 3, it will default to being an old-style class. (Since Python 3, all classes are new-style, whether you explicitly extend object or not.)

For more information on new-style and old-style classes, please see this question.