[Python-Dev] Possible bug in class-init, lookin for mentors

[Mark Lawrence]

On 21/04/2017 16:03, Guyzmo via Python-Dev wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 11:47:24AM +0200, Justus Schwabedal wrote:
>> At least I think it's a bug.  Maybe it's a feature..
> 
> it's indeed a feature.
> 
>> I possibly found a bug in class __init__ and would like to fix it
> 
> technically, it's a method. More precisely, it's the constructor method.
> 

No, __new__ is the constructor, __init__ is the initializer. It is 
completely impossible to state when a Python object has been initialised 
as you can throw in attributes any time you like.

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Mark Lawrence