OOP - how to abort an __init__ when the initialisation code fails ?

[R.Wieser]

Luciano,

> """A failed __init__ should raise an appropriate exception. A bare
> return or returning None is what any __init__ is expected to do in the
> normal case, so it signals success."""

Ah, that settles it than.

Somehow I thought that a return (of "none") there indicated an error result, 
causing the object to return .. something empty.

Thanks.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser