Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> writes: > On 01/31/2014 03:47 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > > I suggest: > > > > Called automatically by the constructor “__new__” during > > instance creation, to initialise the new instance. > > But __new__ does not call __init__, type does [1].
My apologies, you're right and that's made clear at <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/python3.3/html/reference/datamodel.html#object.__new__>. Try: object.__init__(self[, …]) Called automatically after the constructor “__new__”, during instance creation, to initialise the new instance. -- \ “Software patents provide one more means of controlling access | `\ to information. They are the tool of choice for the internet | _o__) highwayman.” —Anthony Taylor | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list