[ python-Bugs-1448640 ] datetime.__init__ cannot be overridden

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Bugs item #1448640, was opened at 2006-03-13 04:54
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Martin Blais (blais)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: datetime.__init__ cannot be overridden

Initial Comment:
Hi

The following code does not work properly:

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Test overriding constructor of datetime classes.
"""

import sys, datetime

class MyDate(datetime.date):

    def __init__( self, year, month, day ):
        print >> sys.stderr, 'lose data'

d = MyDate(2006, 11, 29)
print d

class MyDate(datetime.date):

    def __new__( self, year, month, day ):
        print 'lose data'

    def __init__( self, year, month, day ):
        print 'lose data again'

d = MyDate(2006, 11, 29)
print d



The output is:

lose data
2006-11-29
lose data
None



The problem is that the initialization of the object is
done in its time_new() method which is registered for
__new__ rather than using an __init__ method.  This
prevent one from overriding the date/datetime/time
constructors.

cheers,


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