On 01Feb2014 10:05, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Ned Batchelder <n...@nedbatchelder.com> writes:
> > Why can't we call __init__ the constructor and __new__ the allocator?
>
> Because those terms already have meanings, and “__new__” fits the
> meaning of “constructor” better.
+1 on not giving new conflicting meanings to terms already well
defined in practice.
Better just to make in clear in the __init__ docs that there is a
separate construction step.
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