Refs #32948 -- Renamed Node._new_instance() to Node.create().

Node._new_instance() was added in
6dd2b5468f to work around Q.__init__()
having an incompatible signature with Node.__init__().

It was intended as a hook that could be overridden if subclasses needed
to change the behaviour of instantiation of their specialised form of
Node. In practice this doesn't ever seem to have been used for this
purpose and there are very few calls to Node._new_instance() with other
code, e.g. Node.__deepcopy__() calling Node and overriding __class__ as
required.

Rename this to Node.create() to make it a more "official" piece of
private API that we can use to simplify a lot of other areas internally.

The docstring and nearby comment have been reworded to read more
clearly.

django/db/models/sql/where.py

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class WhereNode(tree.Node):
                 self.children[pos] = child.relabeled_clone(change_map)
 
     def clone(self):
-        clone = self.__class__._new_instance(
+        clone = self.__class__.create(
             children=None,
             connector=self.connector,
             negated=self.negated,

django/utils/tree.py

@@ -25,17 +25,13 @@ class Node:
         self.connector = connector or self.default
         self.negated = negated
 
-    # Required because django.db.models.query_utils.Q. Q. __init__() is
-    # problematic, but it is a natural Node subclass in all other respects.
     @classmethod
-    def _new_instance(cls, children=None, connector=None, negated=False):
+    def create(cls, children=None, connector=None, negated=False):
         """
-        Create a new instance of this class when new Nodes (or subclasses) are
+        Create a new instance using Node() instead of __init__() as some
-        needed in the internal code in this class. Normally, it just shadows
+        subclasses, e.g. django.db.models.query_utils.Q, may implement a custom
-        __init__(). However, subclasses with an __init__ signature that aren't
+        __init__() with a signature that conflicts with the one defined in
-        an extension of Node.__init__ might need to implement this method to
+        Node.__init__().
-        allow a Node to create a new instance of them (if they have any extra
-        setting up to do).
         """
         obj = Node(children, connector, negated)
         obj.__class__ = cls
@@ -97,7 +93,7 @@ class Node:
         node other got squashed or not.
         """
         if self.connector != conn_type:
-            obj = self._new_instance(self.children, self.connector, self.negated)
+            obj = self.create(self.children, self.connector, self.negated)
             self.connector = conn_type
             self.children = [obj, data]
             return data

tests/utils_tests/test_tree.py

@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ class NodeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.node1.negate()
         self.assertFalse(self.node1.negated)
 
-    def test_new_instance(self):
+    def test_create(self):
         SubNode = type("SubNode", (Node,), {})
 
         a = SubNode([SubNode(["a", "b"], OR), "c"], AND)
-        b = SubNode._new_instance(a.children, a.connector, a.negated)
+        b = SubNode.create(a.children, a.connector, a.negated)
         self.assertEqual(a, b)
         # Children lists are the same object, but equal.
         self.assertIsNot(a.children, b.children)