no return values for __init__ ??

[Samuel A. Falvo II]

In comp.lang.python, you wrote:
>Notably removing the constraint in the interpreter doesn't affect
>existing Python code ! This is what I wonder about. The interpreter was
>apparently restricted intentionally in this regard and I wonder what
>lead to this decision.

Because __init__() is a constructor; it is called _after_ the object is
already allocated and minimally initialized.  So when __init__( self, ... )
is called, "self" already contains a reference to the object which you are
initializing.

It is not __init__()'s job to allocate the object.

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Samuel A. Falvo II
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