On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 2:57 PM, spir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Why, then, is __init__ still executed when the instanciated object is > 'manually' returned? What's the use of that feature?
The manual (http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/ref/customization.html) says: "If __new__() returns an instance of cls, then the new instance's __init__() method will be invoked like "__init__(self[, ...])", where self is the new instance and the remaining arguments are the same as were passed to __new__(). " That seems to explain why you're seeing what you're seeing. I don't know how you would avoid that if that's not the behavior you want, though. I suppose you could then repeat your check of the type of source in __init__, just like you did in __new__ to avoid re-initializing. -- Jerry _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
