[Tutor] __init__ for class instantiation?

[Jeff Shannon]

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>Monday, April 28, 2003, 9:26:40 PM, Zak Arntson wrote:
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> I created a new class, and defined __new__, but it doesn't get called from
> Python, as far as I can tell. Here's my code:
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> class C:
>      def __new__ (cls):
>           print (cls)
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> Even when I create the first instance (d = C()), I don't get any output.
>

I may be mistaken here, but I believe that __new__ would only apply to 
new-style classes, not old-style ones.  This means that in Python 2.2, 
you need to derive your class from object:

class C(object):
    [...]

I'm not sure if new-style classes are the default in 2.3 or not, but 
explicitly deriving from object shouldn't be a problem there.

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International