diff --git a/attic/Op.py b/attic/Op.py
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--- a/attic/Op.py
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-"""each node type has an Op within it"""
-
-class Op:
-    """nodes can have several versions of their operation function.
-
-    ops don't return anything! 
-    """
-    def __init__(self):
-        """This should not be overridden without being called."""
-        pass
-
-    def inputschanged(self, input, output, stateaccess):
-        """If you only define one op function body, make it this one. """
-        pass
-    
-    def created(self, input, output, stateaccess):
-        """This is called one time when the node is newly created. It's
-        not called when the node instance is pickled/unpickled. Use this
-        version to initialize state."""
-        # an extra call to changed() should help the outputs get set
-        # correctly before any real inputs-changed events come around
-        # (assuming this method doesn't get overridden with a
-        # specialized version)
-        self.inputschanged(input, output, stateaccess)        
-
-    def statechanged(self, input, output, stateaccess):
-        '''State might have been changed by a user dragging a parameter or by
-        a state being hcanged otherwise.'''
-        self.inputschanged(input, output, stateaccess)        
-
-    def clocked(self, input, output, stateaccess):
-        self.inputschanged(input, output, stateaccess)