On Aug 30, 8:44 pm, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So it's: > > class MyString(str): > > def __init__(self,strInput): > > self = strInput > > That doesn't quite work. Assigning to "self" only reassigns the name inside > the > function. It does not replace the object. > > Instead, call the .__init__() method on str.
That won't do much as strings are immutable objects... As pointed out by Steve Holden and me, str.__new__ is the way. -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
