Can __init__ not return an object?

[Carsten Haese]

On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 22:36 -0400, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> When I go to create an object I want to be able to decide whether the 
> object is valid or not in __init__, and if not, I want the constructor to 
> return something other than an object, (like maybe None). 
> [...]
>  Or would raising an 
> exception in the constructor be appropriate?

Raising an exception is perfectly appropriate.

-Carsten