[Tutor] method, type?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 08Jan2016 00:18, ALAN GAULD <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
>My only point of difference here, I think, is the definition
>of a constructor. I consider a constructor to be the creator
>of object instances, which makes the only default Python
>constructor the __new__() since the __init__() is only an
>initializer.

Me too. I was deliberately avoiding the term "constructor", then let myself get 
sucked into using it just now because you get a new instance of your target 
class out of the factory function/method. But they are better thought of as 
wrappers for the class' real constructor.

For this sloppiness, my apologies,
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>