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diff --git a/tests/basics/class_new.py b/tests/basics/class_new.py
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+class A:
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def __new__(cls):
+        print("A.__new__")
+        return super(cls, A).__new__(cls)
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    def meth(self):
+        pass
+
+#print(A.__new__)
+#print(A.__init__)
+
+a = A()
+
+#print(a.meth)
+#print(a.__init__)
+#print(a.__new__)
diff --git a/tests/basics/object_new.py b/tests/basics/object_new.py
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+# object.__new__(cls) is the only way in Python to allocate empty
+# (non-initialized) instance of class.
+# See e.g. http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/python/web/new-new-method.html
+# TODO: Find reference in CPython docs
+
+class Foo:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        print("in __init__")
+        self.attr = "something"
+
+
+o = object.__new__(Foo)
+#print(o)
+print(hasattr(o, "attr"))
+print(isinstance(o, Foo))
+o.__init__()
+#print(dir(o))
+print(hasattr(o, "attr"))
+print(o.attr)