On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:05:34 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> wrote:
>> "Constructor" is three syllables; "ctor" isn't readily pronounceable in
>> English at all, rather like Cthulhu. (I can't think of any standard
>> English words with a "CT" in th
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
> "Constructor" is three syllables; "ctor" isn't readily pronounceable in
> English at all, rather like Cthulhu. (I can't think of any standard
> English words with a "CT" in them at all, let alone at the start of the
> word). The best I can c
On 2014-02-01 02:52, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:10:46 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
In article ,
Ethan Furman wrote:
I found calling __init__ the constructor very confusing.
I've heard many people say this, and it's always sort of befuddled me.
In C++, a constructor is reall
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:10:46 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article ,
> Ethan Furman wrote:
>
>> I found calling __init__ the constructor very confusing.
>
> I've heard many people say this, and it's always sort of befuddled me.
>
> In C++, a constructor is really an initializer too. By the ti
