Have you actually tried this? Here's a class defn:
class Some_Class:
def __init__( self, arg ):
self.arg = arg
def some_operation( self, arg ):
return self.arg + arg
and a session using it:
>>> foo = Some_Class(10).some_operation(40)
>>> foo
50
>>>
Works fine here.
> Is there some reason the Some_Class __init__ routine isn't allowed
> to return 'self' in some form?
Maybe because __init__ is a magical method, and Python "just knows" to
return the self it passed to __init__ to begin with. Agreed it's not
obvious ...
unlike-fermat's-last-theorem-ly y'rs - tim
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