[Tutor] When to use __new__ vs. __init__ ?

[Kent Johnson]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:08 PM, <python at bdurham.com> wrote:

> Any guidelines on when to use __new__ vs. __init__ when sub-classing?
>

Generally use __init__(). The only use-case for __new__() that I can think
of is when you subclass immutable classes like str or int you generally have
to use __new__() because __init__() is too late.

Kent
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