Since __new__ can only be called once, the try/except is not needed.

rhettinger · Aug 17, 2023 · 014428b · 014428b
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diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -98,13 +98,10 @@ class OrderedDict(dict):
  def __new__(cls, /, *args, **kwds):
  "Create the ordered dict object and set up the underlying structures."
  self = dict.__new__(cls)
- try:
- self.__root
- except AttributeError:
- self.__hardroot = _Link()
- self.__root = root = _proxy(self.__hardroot)
- root.prev = root.next = root
- self.__map = {}
+ self.__hardroot = _Link()
+ self.__root = root = _proxy(self.__hardroot)
+ root.prev = root.next = root
+ self.__map = {}
  return self
 
  def __init__(self, other=(), /, **kwds):