Alternative constructors naming convention

[Steven Bethard]

Will McGugan wrote:
> Is there a naming convention regarding alternative constructors? ie
> static methods where __new__ is called explicity.

Are you really using staticmethod and calling __new__?  It's often much 
easier to use classmethod, e.g.::

     class Color(object):
         ...
         @classmethod
         def from_html(cls, r, g, b):
             ...
             # convert r, g, b to normal constructor args
             ...
             # call normal constructor
             return cls(...)

And FWIW, I use lower_with_underscores for alternate constructors, not 
CamelCase.

STeVe