__init__ return value

[Batista, Facundo]

Studying the Tim Peter's FixedPoint code, found this:

# can we coerce to a float?
yes = 1
try:
	asfloat = float(value)
except:
	yes = 0
if yes:
	self.__init__(asfloat, p)
	return

This code is part of the __init__ method of the class.

The question is about the last two lines: When you call self.__init__(...),
doesn't it return a value that you should return too?

I thought it could be like this:

...
if yes:
	newobject = self.__init__(asfloat, p)
	return newobject

Thanks for all.


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