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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index 9074a0b..97c03f8 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -892,14 +892,15 @@ extracting a slice may not make sense. (One example of this is the \subsection{Basic customization\label{customization}} -\begin{methoddesc}[object]{__init__}{self\optional{, args...}} -Called when the instance is created. The arguments are those passed -to the class constructor expression. If a base class has an -\method{__init__()} method the derived class's \method{__init__()} method must -explicitly call it to ensure proper initialization of the base class -part of the instance, e.g., \samp{BaseClass.__init__(\var{self}, -[\var{args}...])}. -\indexii{class}{constructor} +\begin{methoddesc}[object]{__init__}{self\optional{, \moreargs}} +Called\indexii{class}{constructor} when the instance is created. The +arguments are those passed to the class constructor expression. If a +base class has an \method{__init__()} method the derived class's +\method{__init__()} method must explicitly call it to ensure proper +initialization of the base class part of the instance; for example: +\samp{BaseClass.__init__(\var{self}, [\var{args}...])}. As a special +contraint on constructors, no value may be returned; doing so will +cause a \exception{TypeError} to be raised at runtime. \end{methoddesc} |