Make Dummy.__new__() inherit from Symbol.__new__()

[linpy.git] / linpy / linexprs.py

diff --git a/linpy/linexprs.py b/linpy/linexprs.py
index b5864e1..d62c671 100644 (file)
--- a/linpy/linexprs.py
+++ b/linpy/linexprs.py
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class LinExpr:
                 return left / right
         raise SyntaxError('invalid syntax')
 
-    _RE_NUM_VAR = re.compile(r'(\d+|\))\s*([^\W\d_]\w*|\()')
+    _RE_NUM_VAR = re.compile(r'(\d+|\))\s*([^\W\d]\w*|\()')
 
     @classmethod
     def fromstring(cls, string):
@@ -463,12 +463,15 @@ class Symbol(LinExpr):
             raise SyntaxError('invalid syntax')
         self = object().__new__(cls)
         self._name = name
-        self._coefficients = {self: Fraction(1)}
         self._constant = Fraction(0)
         self._symbols = (self,)
         self._dimension = 1
         return self
 
+    @property
+    def _coefficients(self):
+        return {self: Fraction(1)}
+
     @property
     def name(self):
         """
@@ -553,15 +556,8 @@ class Dummy(Symbol):
         """
         if name is None:
             name = 'Dummy_{}'.format(Dummy._count)
-        elif not isinstance(name, str):
-            raise TypeError('name must be a string')
-        self = object().__new__(cls)
+        self = super().__new__(cls, name)
         self._index = Dummy._count
-        self._name = name.strip()
-        self._coefficients = {self: Fraction(1)}
-        self._constant = Fraction(0)
-        self._symbols = (self,)
-        self._dimension = 1
         Dummy._count += 1
         return self