[SQLObject] TypeError: default __new__ takes no parameters

Hello,

I have just checked out SQLObject from CVS and installed it on my
debian system (python2.3). I get the following when I attempt to run
the test program.

>>> p = Person.new(firstName="John", lastName="Doe", username="johnd")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "people.py", line 161, in ?
    runTest(test1)
  File "people.py", line 159, in runTest
    exec line[4:]
  File "<string>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/SQLObject/SQLObject.py", line 665, in new
    inst = cls(None)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/SQLObject/SQLObject.py", line 292, in __new__
    inst = object.__new__(cls, id)
TypeError: default __new__ takes no parameters

Any idea what could be causing this?

Thanks,
Matt