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Python Object-Oriented Python Advanced Objects Double

Posted by Aizah Sadiq
Aizah Sadiq
2,435 Points

Challenge task 2 of 3

Where am I going wrong and what is this asking me?

doubler.py 
class Double(int):
    def __new__(self, *args):
        self = int.__new__ 
        return self
    ```

1 Answer

Mark Sebeck
MOD
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,799 Points
Mark Sebeck
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,799 Points

For your argument you don't need *args. Just any name will do. And you want to return the argument casted as an int not self. Something like.

return int(argument)