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Re: __init__ is the initialiser

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Date 2014-02-02 07:09 +1100
Subject Re: __init__ is the initialiser
From Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.6288.1391285364.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On 1 February 2014 23:28, Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
>
> You are looking at things from an accurate-down-to-the-last-footnote
> detailed point of view (and have provided some footnotes!).  That's a very
> valuable and important point of view.  It's just not how most programmers
> approach the language.
>

This is the *language reference* that is being discussed. It documents the
intended semantics of the language. We most certainly should strive to
ensure that it is accurate-down-to-the-last-footnote - any difference
between the reference documentation and the implementation is a bug in
either the documentation or the implementation.

Tim Delaney

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Re: __init__ is the initialiser Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-01-31 14:52 -0500
  Re: __init__ is the initialiser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-01 03:42 +0000
    Re: __init__ is the initialiser Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-01 15:35 +1100
      Re: __init__ is the initialiser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-01 05:51 +0000
        Re: __init__ is the initialiser Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-02-01 00:28 -0800
    Re: __init__ is the initialiser Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-01-31 20:55 -0800
    Re: __init__ is the initialiser Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-02-01 07:28 -0500
      Re: __init__ is the initialiser Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-01 09:40 -0500
        Re: __init__ is the initialiser Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-01 15:07 +0000
          Re: __init__ is the initialiser Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-01 11:17 -0500
    Re: __init__ is the initialiser Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-02-02 07:09 +1100
      Re: __init__ is the initialiser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-02 01:28 +0000
    Re: __init__ is the initialiser Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-02 15:27 +1100
    Re: __init__ is the initialiser Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-02-03 12:38 +1300
      Re: __init__ is the initialiser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-03 00:33 +0000
        Re: __init__ is the initialiser Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-02-04 12:47 +1300
    Re: __init__ is the initialiser Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-02-03 11:02 +1100

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