In article <1hd8g42.t78sge1tuys90N%aleaxit at yahoo.com>, Alex Martelli wrote: >> I guess in python we use two idioms to cover most of the uses of >> mulltiple constructors: > > ... and classmethods. OK, _three_ idioms. Oh, and factory functions. > Among the idioms we use are the following... Nobody expects the Spanglish inquisition...