deriving from float or int

[Sybren Stuvel]

Russ enlightened us with:
> The problem is that when I derive a new class from float, the darn
> thing won't let me create a constructor that accepts more than one
> argument.

Use __new__, not __init__. It's the function that's called when a new
immutable object is created.

Sybren
-- 
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? 
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