On 20/11/11 21:16, Herman wrote:
What is so special about the "new" operator?
Assuming you mean the __new__() method?
__new__() gets called when the class is being constructed, it returns
the new instance. It is the real Pyhon constructor.
As opposed to __init__() which is called after the instance has been
created. It is not really a constructor but an initializer. (Even though
most of us treat it as a constructor!)
But you should never see code like
meat = new Spam().
it should be
meat = Spam()
Which calls __new__() followed by __init__().
HTH
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