[Python] Seemingly trivial issue calling int's __init__ in python

Observe the following Python 2.x code:

class Angle(int):
"""Basic Angle object: Angle(number)"""

def __init__(self, angle):
angle %= 360
super(Angle, self).__init__(angle)


Fairly simple stuff, Angle is basically just an int that never goes above 360 or below 0. This __init__ just makes sure that the input angle matches the conditions listed prior. But for some reason the above code gives me the following output:

>>> a = Angle(322)
>>> a
322
>>> b = Angle(488)
>>> b
488


Why on earth would this be happening? The code seemed so trivial to me, but maybe I'm just missing something really obvious.

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