Thoughts on new vs traditional idioms

[Michael Hudson]

python at rcn.com (Raymond Hettinger) writes:

> Idioms and Obscurity
> --------------------
> Using a=constructor(b) for copying and a.__init__(arg) for updates
> may seem obscure until they become standard idioms.  In time, I think
> they seem more general and less cryptic than the older copy and
> replace idioms, a=b[:] and a[:]=b.

Well, I think calling __init__ directly is a horrendous idea.  It just
reads badly.

Cheers,
mwh

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