Quiz question regarding __init__ method

Question

I encountered confusing question in Python challenges:

"Which of the following best describes the __init__ method of a class?
- It's a class constructor.
- It's a class destructor.
- It's a property decorator.
- It's an object initialization."
with only one accepted answer: "It's a class constructor", but even after reviewing the question I was still more inclined to select "It's an object initialization".

I looked it up in the Python documentation (https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html) which states:
__new__(cls[, ...]) is called to create a new instance of class.
__init__(self[, ...]) is called after the instance has been created (by __new__()).
__new__() and __init__() work together in constructing objects (__new__() to create it, and __init__() to customize it)

So I consider __init__ to be just initializer called after the constructor __new__, because the instance object already exists when __init__ is called.

What are your thoughts? Did anyone else find this question confusing?

Answer 1

Correct me if I'm wrong, but for me a "constructor" is a member function that is called automatically whenever an instance of the class is created. Which is what happens with __init__(self) in python. The method is called upon construction, it doesn't "construct" anything by itself.

Answer 2

That's true. If "constructor" wasn't one of the answers, I would have thought "object initialization" too.

Answer 3

Thank you for your clarification. In this case both answers ("class constructor" and "object initialization") are really close unless I miss something important here.