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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Subject: Re: Using __new__
Date: 17 Feb 2024 22:51:29 GMT
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Jonathan Gossage <jgossage@gmail.com> writes:
>I am attempting to use the __new__ method in the following code:
>class SingletonExample(object):

  Above, you specify that the superclass is "object".

>super().__new__(cls, **kwargs)

  Now, since you know the superclass to be "object",
  why can't you just write "super().__new__( cls )"?