Is there a way to instantiate a class without calling __init__?

Question

Is there a way to circumvent the constructor __init__ of a class in python?

Example:

class A(object):    
    def __init__(self):
               


        

Answer 1

Use classmethod decorator for your Load method:

class B(object):    
    def __init__(self, name, data):
        self._Name = name
        #store data

    @classmethod
    def Load(cls, file, newName):
        f = open(file, "rb")
        s = pickle.load(f)
        f.close()

        return cls(newName, s)

So you can do:

loaded_obj = B.Load('filename.txt', 'foo')

Edit:

Anyway, if you still want to omit __init__ method, try __new__:

>>> class A(object):
...     def __init__(self):
...             print '__init__'
...
>>> A()
__init__
<__main__.A object at 0x800f1f710>
>>> a = A.__new__(A)
>>> a
<__main__.A object at 0x800f1fd50>