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changeset 95561:c6dc1e0db7f0 3.4
#17380: Document tp_init return value in extending docs. Patch by James Powell. [#17380]
| R David Murray rdmurray@bitdance.com | |
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| date | Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:51:36 -0400 |
| parents | 6d5336a193cc |
| children | d74ede4bbf81 89eb5d9f7541 |
| files | Doc/extending/newtypes.rst |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/extending/newtypes.rst 3 |
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@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ is used to initialize an object after it
can't guarantee that the initializer is called. The initializer isn't called
when unpickling objects and it can be overridden. Our initializer accepts
arguments to provide initial values for our instance. Initializers always accept
-positional and keyword arguments.
+positional and keyword arguments. Initializers should return either 0 on
+success or -1 on error.
Initializers can be called multiple times. Anyone can call the :meth:__init__
method on our objects. For this reason, we have to be extra careful when