Why doc call `__init__` as a method rather than function?

[Roel Schroeven]

Op 15/09/2023 om 15:05 schreef anthony.flury via Python-list:
> Like all of the other __<name>__ methods you shouldn't ever need to 
> call them directly : these are called dunder methods and represent 
> functions and features which are called by other operators.
>
> The only recommended way to call A.__init__ is to create an instance 
> of A : obj = A() - the __init__ method gets called automatically with 
> a newly created object.
There is an exception:

   super().__init__()

to call the base class's __init__ (normally from the derived class's 
__init__)

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