Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature

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>> But I have to initialize some default attributes.
> Then the statement “there is NOTHING else here” must be false. Either
> the custom ‘__init__’ does something useful, or it doesn't.
Well... the custom __init__ method with nothing else just a super() call
was expressed there to show the super() call explicitly, and to
emphasize that in that particular class, super() is used instead of an
explicit base method call. It is not a pattern to be followed, just
syntactic sugar for the sake of the example.

So you are right: the custom __init__ in the  BootstrapDesktop class is
not really needed, and does not do anything useful in that particular
class.

My original statement was this: "I have to initialize some default
attributes", and for that I need to pass arguments. The truthness of
this statement is not affected by adding a useless override of a method
(with the very same parameters). Even though I see that you are right in
what you wrote, I think I don't understand the point because it seem
unrelated.

> All this is covered in Raymond Hettinger's material, so it's best that I
> just leave you to read that.
>
Is it available in written form? I have tried to watch the video, but
the sound quality is so poor that I cannot understand. I have tried to
search for a better one, but that is a different one. :-(

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Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2016-05-31 18:10 +0200
  Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-01 12:18 +1000
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2016-06-03 14:10 +0200
      Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-04 13:06 +1200
        Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-04 12:51 +1000
          Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-04 23:50 +1200
        Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 23:05 -0600
          Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-04 23:52 +1200
            Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-04 23:46 +1000
              Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2016-06-04 16:42 +0200
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-06-03 22:21 +1000
      Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-04 13:10 +1200
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2016-06-03 14:14 +0200
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2016-06-03 14:57 +0200
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2016-06-03 16:06 +0200
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 08:39 -0600
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 15:33 +0000
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Nagy László Zsolt <gandalf@shopzeus.com> - 2016-06-03 17:59 +0200
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 16:28 +0000
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-06-04 06:16 +1000
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-06-04 06:19 +1000
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 15:53 -0600
    Re: Multiple inheritance, super() and changing signature Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-06-04 10:44 +1000

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