In article <520c81f6$0$29885$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> [1] The constructor is __new__, not __init__. __init__ is called to > initialise the instance after __new__ constructs it. True, but be warned that writing your own __new__() is quite rare and probably falls into the realm of dark magic. If you're just starting out, learn about __init__(), and don't worry about __new__() at all. For those of you coming from a C++ background, Python's __init__() is like C++'s constructor, and __new__() is more like operator new. That's not a perfect analogy from a functional standpoint, but it's a good guide for how often you'll want to write each one. And then, of course, there's __enter__() and __exit__(), which are like C++'s constructor and destructor, but that's another story :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
