On Mon, 26 Dec 2011, K. Richard Pixley wrote:
I don't understand. Can anyone explain?
I'm also a bit confused about __new__. I'd very much appreciate it if someone could explain the following aspects of it:
* The manual (<http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html>) says that __new__ is "a static method (special-cased so you need not declare it as such)". What does "special-cased" mean? Apparently, for instance, in OP's case, Python did not automatically detect that it should not be bound as a method. * Is there any part of the manual that explains, holistically, the greater context of object instantiation into which __new__ fits? I can only find small parts of it spread around the documentation for __new__ and __init__, but no complete explanation of it. There are several things I'm wondering about, like what it means to call a type object at all; how methods, properties and the like are bound; how pickle can instantiate a class without calling __init__; when and whether __dict__ is created and a couple of other things. Is there a complete documentation of the process anywhere that I haven't managed to find? -- Fredrik Tolf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
