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Re: def __init__(self):

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On Tue, Apr 26, 2016, at 03:34, Ben Finney wrote:
> That's needlessly confusing: ‘__init__’ is not a constructor because it
> does not construct the instance. The ‘__new__’ method is the constructor
> for a class (and returns the new instance).

the __new__ method is the *allocator*. "constructor" is used in many
languages to name a method that initializes an object once it already
"exists". Saying you can't call it that in Python is needlessly
confusing.

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  Re: def __init__(self): Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2016-04-26 00:06 -0700
  Re: def __init__(self): Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-26 17:34 +1000
    Re: def __init__(self): Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-26 11:25 +0300
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        Re: def __init__(self): Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-04-26 12:26 -0400
          Re: def __init__(self): Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-27 02:32 +1000
            Re: def __init__(self): Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2016-04-26 09:59 -0700
              Re: def __init__(self): Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-27 14:54 +1000
            Re: def __init__(self): Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 03:04 +1000
            Re: def __init__(self): Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2016-04-26 10:13 -0700
            Re: def __init__(self): Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 11:26 -0600
            Re: def __init__(self): Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 03:30 +1000
        Re: def __init__(self): Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-26 19:38 +0300
  Re: def __init__(self): Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-04-26 09:49 -0400
  Re: def __init__(self): Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> - 2016-04-26 07:25 -0700

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