[Python-checkins] r66467 - python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst

[Nick Coghlan]

benjamin.peterson wrote:
> Author: benjamin.peterson
> Date: Mon Sep 15 04:53:23 2008
> New Revision: 66467
> 
> Log:
> mention that object.__init__ no longer takes arbitrary args and kwargs
...
> +* :meth:`object.__init__` previously accepted arbitrary arguments and keyword
> +  arguments.  In Python 2.6, this is no longer allowed and will result in a
> +  :exc:`TypeError`.  See issue :issue:`1683368`.

That's a little too strong at this stage - if both __new__ and __init__
are overridden, then the stricter checking only emits Deprecation
Warnings in 2.6.

Cheers,
Nick.

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