8.16. "new" — Creation of runtime internal objects ************************************************** Deprecated since version 2.6: The "new" module has been removed in Python 3. Use the "types" module’s classes instead. The "new" module allows an interface to the interpreter object creation functions. This is for use primarily in marshal-type functions, when a new object needs to be created “magically” and not by using the regular creation functions. This module provides a low- level interface to the interpreter, so care must be exercised when using this module. It is possible to supply non-sensical arguments which crash the interpreter when the object is used. The "new" module defines the following functions: new.instance(class[, dict]) This function creates an instance of *class* with dictionary *dict* without calling the "__init__()" constructor. If *dict* is omitted or "None", a new, empty dictionary is created for the new instance. Note that there are no guarantees that the object will be in a consistent state. new.instancemethod(function, instance, class) This function will return a method object, bound to *instance*, or unbound if *instance* is "None". *function* must be callable. new.function(code, globals[, name[, argdefs[, closure]]]) Returns a (Python) function with the given code and globals. If *name* is given, it must be a string or "None". If it is a string, the function will have the given name, otherwise the function name will be taken from "code.co_name". If *argdefs* is given, it must be a tuple and will be used to determine the default values of parameters. If *closure* is given, it must be "None" or a tuple of cell objects containing objects to bind to the names in "code.co_freevars". new.code(argcount, nlocals, stacksize, flags, codestring, constants, names, varnames, filename, name, firstlineno, lnotab) This function is an interface to the "PyCode_New()" C function. new.module(name[, doc]) This function returns a new module object with name *name*. *name* must be a string. The optional *doc* argument can have any type. new.classobj(name, baseclasses, dict) This function returns a new class object, with name *name*, derived from *baseclasses* (which should be a tuple of classes) and with namespace *dict*.