Commit 86cca573 authored by gabrieldemarmiesse's avatar gabrieldemarmiesse

Fixed formatting of existing note and transfered one from the reference/extension_types.rst.

parent 353299cb
...@@ -71,11 +71,22 @@ your :meth:`__cinit__`` method to take no arguments (other than self) it ...@@ -71,11 +71,22 @@ your :meth:`__cinit__`` method to take no arguments (other than self) it
will simply ignore any extra arguments passed to the constructor without will simply ignore any extra arguments passed to the constructor without
complaining about the signature mismatch. complaining about the signature mismatch.
.. Note: Older Cython files may use :meth:`__new__` rather than :meth:`__cinit__`. The two are synonyms. .. Note::
The name change from :meth:`__new__` to :meth:`__cinit__` was to avoid
confusion with Python :meth:`__new__` (which is an entirely different Older Cython files may use :meth:`__new__` rather than :meth:`__cinit__`. The two are synonyms.
concept) and eventually the use of :meth:`__new__` in Cython will be The name change from :meth:`__new__` to :meth:`__cinit__` was to avoid
disallowed to pave the way for supporting Python-style :meth:`__new__` confusion with Python :meth:`__new__` (which is an entirely different
concept) and eventually the use of :meth:`__new__` in Cython will be
disallowed to pave the way for supporting Python-style :meth:`__new__`
.. Note::
All constructor arguments will be passed as Python objects.
This implies that non-convertible C types such as pointers or C++ objects
cannot be passed into the constructor from Cython code. If this is needed,
use a factory function instead that handles the object initialisation.
It often helps to directly call ``__new__()`` in this function to bypass the
call to the ``__init__()`` constructor.
.. [#] http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#object.__new__ .. [#] http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#object.__new__
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