On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 4:26 AM Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrenced...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 8:02:14 AM UTC+12, Ben Finney wrote: > > (Note that ‘__init__’ is not a constructor, because it operates on the > > *already constructed* instance, and does not return anything. > > Believe it or not, that *is* what “constructor” means in every OO > language. Technically it should be called the “initializer”, but > “constructor” is the accepted term for the special method that is called to > initialize a newly-allocated class instance. > Perhaps a Pythonista may have different jargon? Since we have two different words (initializer, constructor), we may as well give them different meanings so that they are maximally useful in conversation. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
