[Tutor] Why error if method __init__ does not return none

[Bob Gailer]

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At 07:13 PM 3/22/2003 +0000, ahimsa wrote:
>[snips]

The init method can contain any Python code you desire; it will execute 
when you "call the class". It can set instance and class properties, which 
can be accessed thru the newly created instance. It's just that "Return" in 
the __init__ method has no place to send to.

At 10:17 PM 3/22/2003 +0100, Gerrit Holl wrote:

>This raises an interesting question. Shouldn't it say: __init__ should
>return self...? Because _that_ is what it really does...

Interesting idea. Then it could even return something different, in which 
case calling the class would be like calling a function.

Bob Gailer
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