the class in singleton design pattern code example

Example 1: singleton pattern

class Singleton:
    __instance = None
    def __new__(cls, *args):
        if cls.__instance is None:
            cls.__instance = object.__new__(cls, *args)
        return cls.__instance

Example 2: singleton pattern

class Singleton(object):
    __instance = None
    def __new__(cls, *args):
        if cls.__instance is None:
            cls.__instance = object.__new__(cls, *args)
        return cls.__instance