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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-08-31 16:33:38 +0000
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-08-31 16:33:38 +0000
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- document bytes()
- throw out many mentions of "old-style/new-style" - add memoryview() though I somebody has to fill in the details - throw out str.decode() - throw out classobj and instanceobj
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@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ Pickling and unpickling normal class instances
single: __getinitargs__() (copy protocol)
single: __init__() (instance constructor)
+.. XXX is __getinitargs__ only used with old-style classes?
+
When a pickled class instance is unpickled, its :meth:`__init__` method is
normally *not* invoked. If it is desirable that the :meth:`__init__` method be
called on unpickling, an old-style class can define a method