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Author larry
Recipients barry, brett.cannon, gvanrossum, larry, meador.inge, ncoghlan, skrah, tim.peters, yselivanov, zach.ware
Date 2014-01-24.10:34:09
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> Note that tp_new is a static method, not a class method (the type
> creation machinery takes care of passing in the right class rather
> than the descriptor machinery)

I admit I didn't know that.

But from a practical perspective, surely you agree that tp_new walks and quacks like a class method?  That I, as an author of an extension type, should think of it as such?
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