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| From | "Kyle T. Jones" <onexpadREMOVE@EVOMERyahoodotyouknow.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: A question about Python Classes |
| Date | 2011-04-22 08:49 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ios100$b0e$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <2219ee53-e8aa-4ac4-839f-014c3d1b1914@a19g2000prj.googlegroups.com> <mailman.716.1303410257.9059.python-list@python.org> |
Ethan Furman wrote: > chad wrote: >> Let's say I have the following.... >> >> class BaseHandler: >> def foo(self): >> print "Hello" >> >> class HomeHandler(BaseHandler): >> pass >> >> >> Then I do the following... >> >> test = HomeHandler() >> test.foo() >> >> How can HomeHandler call foo() when I never created an instance of >> BaseHandler? > > You don't need to create an instance of BaseHandler. You have the > class, Python knows you have the class -- Python will look there if the > subclasses lack an attribute. > > ~Ethan~ > Really? That's not at all how I thought it worked in Python (post-instantiation referencing of class and superclass code...) Cheers.
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A question about Python Classes chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-04-21 08:43 -0700
Re: A question about Python Classes Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2011-04-21 18:30 +0200
Re: A question about Python Classes chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-04-21 09:46 -0700
Re: A question about Python Classes "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2011-04-21 19:12 +0200
Re: A question about Python Classes MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-04-21 19:00 +0100
Re: A question about Python Classes Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-22 01:53 +0000
Re: A question about Python Classes Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2011-04-22 11:47 +0200
Re: A question about Python Classes Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-04-21 13:39 -0400
Re: A question about Python Classes Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-21 11:34 -0700
Re: A question about Python Classes "Kyle T. Jones" <onexpadREMOVE@EVOMERyahoodotyouknow.com> - 2011-04-22 08:49 -0500
Re: A question about Python Classes Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-22 12:38 -0700
Re: A question about Python Classes Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-04-22 13:40 -0600
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