problems with class initiation

[Duncan Booth]

"Steve Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com> wrote in
news:JIL%6.24504$zT1.1243653 at e420r-atl3.usenetserver.com: 

> Note also that there is no logical reason why the "__init__()" method
> should be returning something. AS far as I know, nothing takes any
> notice of what __init__() returns, and it's usual to omit a return
> statement (impying a return value of None).
> 
Better than that, at least in Python 2.1 if you do return something other 
than None from __init__ you will get a TypeError: "__init__ should return 
None". So the return isn't optional, its forbidden.


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Duncan Booth                                             duncan at rcp.co.uk
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