[ python-Bugs-1018315 ] __new__ not defined?

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Bugs item #1018315, was opened at 2004-08-28 22:59
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: __new__ not defined?

Initial Comment:
I can't find __new__ in the index for either the Language 
Reference Manual or Library Reference Manual.  Poking 
around I did find it mentioned in ext/newtypes.tex, but
without any details.  I'd submit something, but I don't
know at this point how to use it.


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Comment By: Žiga Seilnacht (zseil)
Date: 2006-03-31 17:01

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Some more details: __new__ is now documented in reference
manual, http://docs.python.org/dev/ref/customization.html.

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Comment By: Žiga Seilnacht (zseil)
Date: 2006-03-31 16:56

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This is a duplicate of a bug 1156412, which was already
fixed.
This bug should be closed and resolution changed to closed.

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Comment By: Nick Coghlan (ncoghlan)
Date: 2004-09-22 04:49

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I had the same problem when trying to convert Decimal to use
__new__ instead of __init__.

The only info I could find was
http://www.python.org/2.2.3/descrintro.html.

Which actually does a very good job of explaining how
new-style classes work. The only problem is that it is on
the website, but NOT referenced in the docs.

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