Cute 'proxy' with __new__

[Aahz]

In article <pan.2002.12.31.11.49.26.575333 at compy.attbi.com>,
 <jerf at compy.attbi.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:13:50 +0000, Aahz wrote:
>> In article <pan.2002.12.30.21.55.44.730039 at compy.attbi.com>,
>>  <jerf at compy.attbi.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>    loadedFiles = {}
>>>    def __new__(cls, filename, init = None):
>>>        try: return cls.loadedFiles[filename]
>>>        except: pass
>> 
>> You should update your try/except to catch specific exceptions; what
>> happens if the user presses ctrl-C?
>
>I said I deliberately left that out to shorten the code. Proper exception
>handling would have doubled the length of the code (approx.), thereby
>obscuring the point, and I already don't intend the posted code to be used
>directly; it's not likely one would save one object to one file.

Ah.  Sorry, I missed that bit embedded in the postscript.
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