[RFC/MERGE][bug #269535] python-2.6 compatibility

[Martin Pool]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Andrew Bennetts <andrew at canonical.com> wrote:
> Martin Pool wrote:
> [...]
>> >
>> > - __init__ and __new__ doesn't accept parameters anymore. Some
>> >  were easy to fix, some less. Remote transports using multiple
>> >  inheritance for SmartMedium has been slightly reworked to
>> >  *avoid* the multiple inheritance.
>>
>> I can't believe __init__ cannot take parameters any more.  Do you mean
>> that object.__init__ won't accept any parameters it's given?
>
> Yes.  That change was the resolution of
> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1683368>.  It surprised me too, but it was
> intentional.

No, that makes sense, I just misinterpreted the first sentence of
vila's summary as saying that _no_ constructors could have arguments.
Which would be obviously silly.



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Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>