Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hrvoje Niksic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Wildemar Wildenburger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > __init__() /initializes/ an instance (automatically after >> > creation). It is called, /after/ the instance has been constructed >> >> I don't understand the purpose of this "correction". After all, >> __init__ *is* the closest equivalent to what other languages would >> call a constructor. > > No. That would be '__new__', which actually constructs the instance,
That's not what other OO languages (C++, Java) actually call a constructor, so your correction is misplaced. My other posts in this thread have expanded on this. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
