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| Date | Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:43:32 -0800 |
| From | Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> |
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On 01/31/2014 11:33 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > From http://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__init__ which states:- > > " > Called when the instance is created. The arguments are those passed to the class constructor expression. If a base class > has an __init__() method, the derived class’s __init__() method, if any, must explicitly call it to ensure proper > initialization of the base class part of the instance; for example: BaseClass.__init__(self, [args...]). As a special > constraint on constructors, no value may be returned; doing so will cause a TypeError to be raised at runtime. > " > > Should the wording of the above be changed to clearly reflect that we have an initialiser here and that __new__ is the > constructor? I would say yes. Go ahead and create an issue if one doesn't already exist. Thanks. -- ~Ethan~
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