Richard,

> but most programmers would see your version as wrong due to
> its mixing of separate concerns.

Which is exactly what I see in the current way its done ...   :-\

But yes, that "what is the custom?" is the second part of my question.

> It makes no sense at all. Both approaches behave the same, ending
> up with the tp_new member set to PyType_GenericNew.

Thank you for confirming it.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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