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Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 10:30:39 +0100
Subject: Re: Class hierarchy problem
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On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:10 AM, BrJohan <brjohan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now, I want to create instances of the correct subclasstype as decided by
> the common baseclass, like this:
>
> i = Sup(args_allowing_the_baseclass_to_deduce_correct_subclass)
>
> where i can be of any class except Sup itself (as decided by Sup)

Can you do this as a factory function instead of the class itself?
Then all you need to do is call the appropriate class.

ChrisA