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Re: Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method

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On 15/01/2015 00:40, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> jason wrote:
>
>> class B(A):
>>        def __init__(self, s):
>>              A.__init__(self, s)
>
> Unrelated:
>
> It is better to call super than manually call the superclass. Calling A
> directly means your class is no longer compatible with multiple
> inheritance.
>
>      def __init__(self, s):
>          super(B, self).__init__(s)
>

For the OP an excellent article on super here 
https://rhettinger.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/super-considered-super/

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Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method jason <jasonsewall@gmail.com> - 2015-01-14 08:45 -0800
  Re: Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-01-14 10:00 -0700
  Re: Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-15 03:56 +1100
  Re: Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-14 17:05 +0000
    Re: Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method jason <jasonsewall@gmail.com> - 2015-01-14 10:10 -0800
      Re: Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2015-01-14 13:41 -0500
    Re: Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-01-14 18:18 +0000
  Re: Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-15 11:40 +1100
    Re: Calling a derived class's constructor from a parent method Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-15 04:44 +0000

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