Shouldn't __init__ return self instead of None? (Was: Re: [Tutor] Why error if method __init__ does not return none)

[Michael Hudson]

Gerrit Holl <gerrit at nl.linux.org> writes:

> This raises an interesting question. Shouldn't it say: __init__ should
> return self...? Because _that_ is what it really does...

As Martin said, __init__ is an initializer.  Think about the name :-)

Cheers,
M.

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