--- a/mercurial/transaction.py	Thu Nov 17 19:38:57 2005 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/transaction.py	Fri Nov 18 22:48:47 2005 -0800
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import os
 from i18n import gettext as _
 
-class transaction:
+class transaction(object):
     def __init__(self, report, opener, journal, after=None):
         self.journal = None