[docs] [issue21415] Python __new__ method doc typo (it's a class and not a static method)
Jurko Gospodnetić
report at bugs.python.org
Sat May 3 11:11:13 CEST 2014
Jurko Gospodnetić added the comment:
Thanks for the detailed response! :-(
I should have tested more before reporting the issue.
Sorry for the noise. :-(
I saw the 'cls' argument and assumed it was a class
method. Having to explicitly specify cls did not
seem to be in contradiction with this since I assumed
__new__ is generally invoked on the class directly.
I still do not see why it had to be a static method
and has not been implemented as a class method, but I
guess I'll better ask that kind of a question on the
python user's newsgroup. :-)
Just in case it can help someone else, here's some
sample code what convinced me __new__ was indeed
implemented as a static method:
> class X:
> pass
> X.__new__() # TypeError: object.__new__(): not enough arguments
> X.__new__(X) # creates a new X instance
> x = X()
> x.__new__() # TypeError: object.__new__(): not enough arguments
> x.__new__(X) # creates a new X instance
If __new__ had been a class method then calling
'x.__new__()' would have worked as well.
Thanks again for the replies!
Best regards,
Jurko Gospodnetić
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