Instantiating classes without __init__ function causes kernel to crash

[meawoppl]

In [1]: class A(object): pass
In [2]: A()
Out[2]: <__main__.A at 0x924806c>
In [3]: class A(): pass
In [4]: A()

(Heartbeat down window)  Error trace:

AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
/media/Dropbox/git-repos/pypline/ in ()

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.pyc in main()
    679                                 shell=kernel.shell)
    680 
--> 681     start_kernel(namespace, kernel)
    682 
    683 

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/IPython/zmq/entry_point.pyc in start_kernel(namespace=Namespace(colors=None, hb=42345, ip='127.0.0.1',...ue, pub=39708, pylab=None, req=53755, xrep=54374), kernel=)
    148     # Start the kernel mainloop.
--> 149     kernel.start()

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.pyc in start(self=)
    169         while True:
    170             time.sleep(self._poll_interval)
--> 171             self.do_one_iteration()
        global stdin = undefined
        global stdout = undefined
        global stderr = undefined
        global optional = undefined
        global default = undefined
        global None = undefined
    172 
    173     def record_ports(self, xrep_port, pub_port, req_port, hb_port):

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.pyc in do_one_iteration(self=)
    153             logger.error("UNKNOWN MESSAGE TYPE:" +str(msg))
    154         else:
--> 155             handler(ident, msg)
    156             
    157         # Check whether we should exit, in case the incoming message set the

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.pyc in object_info_request(self=, ident='662dab72-d0d4-4ff0-af1c-7e1ca6439e55', parent={'content': {'oname': 'A'}, 'header': {'msg_id': 9, 'session': '662dab72-d0d4-4ff0-af1c-7e1ca6439e55', 'username': 'meawoppl'}, 'msg_type': 'object_info_request', 'parent_header': {}})
    318 
    319     def object_info_request(self, ident, parent):
--> 320         object_info = self.shell.object_inspect(parent['content']['oname'])
    321         # Before we send this object over, we scrub it for JSON usage
    322         oinfo = json_clean(object_info)

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/IPython/core/interactiveshell.pyc in object_inspect(self=, oname='A')
   1292             info = self._object_find(oname)
   1293             if info.found:
-> 1294                 return self.inspector.info(info.obj, oname, info=info)
   1295             else:
   1296                 return oinspect.object_info(name=oname, found=False)

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/IPython/core/oinspect.pyc in info(self=, obj=, oname='A', formatter=None, info={'obj': , 'parent...se, 'namespace': 'Interactive', 'ismagic': False}, detail_level=0)
    815         
    816         if inspect.isclass(obj):
--> 817             callable_obj = obj.__init__
    818         elif callable(obj):
    819             callable_obj = obj
AttributeError: class A has no attribute '__init__'

[takluyver]

OK, I see. New style classes always have an __init__ method, old style classes don't. I'll look at it.

[takluyver]

Made pull request #449

[takluyver]

Merged the fix, see commit 12af0e2.