Python: Is it bad form to raise exceptions within init?

Created Oct 1, 2009 Edited Oct 1, 2009

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Is it considered bad form to raise exceptions within __init__? If so, then what is the accepted method of throwing an error when certain class variables are initialized as None or of an incorrect type?

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Python: Is it bad form to raise exceptions within __init__?

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Python: Is it bad form to raise exceptions within init?