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+Differences with Python
+=======================
+
+* ``py.js`` completely ignores old-style classes as well as their
+  lookup details. All ``py.js`` types should be considered matching
+  the behavior of new-style classes
+
+* New types can only have a single base. This is due to ``py.js``
+  implementing its types on top of Javascript's, and javascript being
+  a single-inheritance language.
+
+  This may change if ``py.js`` ever reimplements its object model from
+  scratch.
+
+* Piggybacking on javascript's object model also means metaclasses are
+  not available (:js:func:`py.type` is a function)
+
+* A python-level function (created through :js:class:`py.PY_def`) set
+  on a new type will not become a method, it'll remain a function.
+
+* :js:func:`py.PY_parseArgs` supports keyword-only arguments (though
+  it's a Python 3 feature)
+
+* Because the underlying type is a javascript ``String``, there
+  currently is no difference between :js:class:`py.str` and
+  :js:class:`py.unicode`. As a result, there also is no difference
+  between :js:func:`__str__` and :js:func:`__unicode__`.
+
+Unsupported features
+--------------------
+
+These are Python features which are not supported at all in ``py.js``,
+usually because they don't make sense or there is no way to support them
+
+* The ``__delattr__``, ``__delete__`` and ``__delitem__``: as
+  ``py.js`` only handles expressions and these are accessed via the
+  ``del`` statement, there would be no way to call them.
+
+* ``__del__`` the lack of cross-platform GC hook means there is no way
+  to know when an object is deallocated.
+
+* ``__slots__`` are not handled
+
+* Dedicated (and deprecated) slicing special methods are unsupported
+
+Missing features
+----------------
+
+These are Python features which are missing because they haven't been
+implemented yet:
+
+* Class-binding of descriptors doesn't currently work.
+
+* Instance and subclass checks can't be customized
+
+* "poor" comparison methods (``__cmp__`` and ``__rcmp__``) are not
+  supported and won't be falled-back to.
+
+* ``__coerce__`` is currently supported
+
+* Context managers are not currently supported
+
+* Unbound methods are not supported, instance methods can only be
+  accessed from instances.