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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:24:34 -0600
Subject: Re: Invoke a superclass method from a subclass constructor
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On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Kayode Odeyemi <dreyemi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> class B(A):
> ... =A0 =A0 def __init__(self, module):
> ... =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 self.module =3D A.log(self, module)
> ... =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 print self.module # printing here is complete=
ly unnecessary
> in a good OOP language
> ...
>>>> c =3D B('system')
> logged
>>>> class B(A):
> ... =A0 =A0 def __init__(self, module):
> ... =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 print super(B, self).log('system')=A0# printi=
ng here is
> completely unnecessary in a good OOP language
> ...
>>>> c =3D B('system')
> logged
>>>>
> When an instance of a class is created, all codes within that instance bl=
ock
> should be executed. That's my understanding of OOP.

The initializer should be executed, which is what Python does.  Your
initializer then calls A.log, which does nothing interesting at all.

My question is, what exactly is it that you intend A.log to do?  As
written, it does not do any logging.  It merely constructs a string
and then returns it.  Neither constructing a string, nor returning a
string, imply logging it or printing it.