[issue12538] Extending int class

2011-07-11 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: To set the value of an immutable type you must use the __new__ method. By the time __init__ is called the value has already be established, and in the case of int it defaults to 0. -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committe

[issue12538] Extending int class

2011-07-11 Thread João Bernardo
New submission from João Bernardo : I'm having trouble subclassing the int type and I think this behavior is a bug... (Python 3.2) >>> class One(int): def __init__(self): super().__init__(1) >>> one = One() >>> one + 2 2 >>> one == 0 True I know `int` objects are immut