Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.060 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.88; '*S*': 0.00; 'arguments': 0.07; 'class,': 0.07; '__init__': 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; 'sat,': 0.15; 'at.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'skip:" 20': 0.26; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'steven': 0.29; 'not.': 0.32; 'could': 0.32; 'getting': 0.33; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'needed': 0.35; 'whatever': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'believe': 0.69; 'change?': 0.84; 'subject:always': 0.84; 'to:name:python': 0.84; 'subject:add': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=QOZ8QqwSpyMlaJNgCdzsRE+fTSehOLks8X83TZcq3ks=; b=0ojayByrKiFZCemOcVUa3MfVudAXfXLFmK7veTbgOEmtH2Zuw8JjnDxiRcqr3WzR5i hfkur8J3c4BkhFedm+wZkzXTG5FTv1lIj1OQuhkdvk1V2Q6F0kODzR1z6mu6osoaY6kH aj4k7ME+Ys9NdjF807lXSoY4BZkflqD7taB9nn4xmyqb0MKMpcMwhIi+Puih2mxhggm5 zJhUFQE9rw9DdjOUw8qYritqSFPtcgZPksq/TNBmvGtKDCujmcBR/Cvo8j032VkK7sSU JzbhRdSI4QTghXZ3XTUhtif2gg9VGzoh5MkOBH5CvJpB4uY0NkooqslwCRxwgGLOab6A rTpQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <66f99af0-39c2-4ef1-8f1e-dac17924432f@googlegroups.com> References: <50672d20$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <46096186-8383-4990-99c9-61c87f1c5a2f@googlegroups.com> <5067c951$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <66f99af0-39c2-4ef1-8f1e-dac17924432f@googlegroups.com> From: Ian Kelly Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:10:08 -0600 Subject: Re: Should one always add super().__init__() to the __init__? To: Python Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 7 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1348985441 news.xs4all.nl 6859 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47392 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:30544 On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > When I said "super().__init__()" it could have been "super().__init__(size+67)" or whatever arguments are needed for __init__ But if you change the base class, couldn't those arguments change? Then you would have to change the call whether super is used or not. I believe this is what Steven is getting at.