From http://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__init__
which states:-
"
Called when the instance is created. The arguments are those passed to
the class constructor expression. If a base class has an __init__()
method, the derived class’s __init__() method, if any, must explicitly
call it to ensure proper initialization of the base class part of the
instance; for example: BaseClass.__init__(self, [args...]). As a special
constraint on constructors, no value may be returned; doing so will
cause a TypeError to be raised at runtime.
"
Should the wording of the above be changed to clearly reflect that we
have an initialiser here and that __new__ is the constructor?
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