Wow, you guys are fast. Thanks Georg and Fredrik!!
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ok, maybe this is a stupid question, but why can't I make a subclass of > > datetime.date and override the __init__ method? > > __init__ controls initialization of an already constructed object. to > control construction, you need to override __new__: > > http://pyref.infogami.com/__new__ > > e.g. > > class A(date): > def __new__(cls, a, b, c, d): > print a, b, c, d > return super(A, cls).__new__(cls, 2006, 12, 11) > > </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
