[Python-Dev] How to suppress instance __dict__?

[Michael Hudson]

"Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)" <tdelaney at avaya.com> writes:

[__init__ vs. __new__]

> Because most of the time we want to work with fully-constructed
> objects. You can't use overridden methods in a constructor - only
> from an initialiser.

What makes you say that?

/>> class C(object):
|..     def __new__(cls):
|..        i = object.__new__(cls)
|..        i.meth()
|..        return i
|..     def meth(self):
|..        print "C"
\__ 
/>> class D(C):
|..     def meth(self):
|..         print "D"
\__ 
->> D()
D
<__main__.D object at 0x820f684>

Doing too much C++ lately?

Cheers,
M.

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