update from Atlas

metaprog/pseudo_construction.py

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+# pseudo-code for object construction
+def object_maker(the_class, some_arg):
+    new_object = the_class.__new__(some_arg)
+    if isinstance(new_object, the_class):
+        the_class.__init__(new_object, some_arg)
+    return new_object
+
+# the following statements are roughly equivalent
+x = Foo('bar')
+x = object_maker(Foo, 'bar')