On Jan 22, 2:58 am, "Gert Cuykens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/16824 There is a factual mistake on that reference. The last sentence > One final note: the single most common use for classmethod is probably > in overriding __new__(). It is always needed when overriding __new__() > because __new__() is a classmethod. is wrong, since __new__ is a staticmethod, NOT a classmethod. Somebody (possibly me, if I find their emails somewhere) should probably send a note to the authors (Michael Chermside, Dennis Peterson, Ian Bicking) asking to fix that. Michele Simionato -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list