Hrvoje Niksic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hrvoje Niksic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> __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
More fool them, then. It seems that the best referent for the term "constructor" is the thing that does the constructing and returns the result. -- \ "Imagine a world without hypothetical situations." -- Anonymous | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
