__init__ is the initialiser

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Fri Jan 31 21:35:39 EST 2014


On 01/31/2014 05:10 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <mailman.6233.1391214984.18130.python-list at python.org>,
>   Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>
>> I found calling __init__ the constructor very confusing.
>
> I've heard many people say this, and it's always sort of befuddled me.

I have never learned C++, so I don't know its screwy semantics.  ;)

Nor Java, for that matter.

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~Ethan~



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