new — Easy Playground

Creates and returns a new instance before __init__ is called

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class Example:
    def __new__(self):
        return "Example __new__"

obj = Example()
print(obj)

Output

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__new__ creates and returns a new instance before __init__ is called. Implementing it lets you customize how Python interacts with your objects.

Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?

__new__ — Easy Playground