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Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list?

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gialloporpora wrote:

> I would like to inherit from the list native class.
> really I expected that was possible to use native list method without
> redefining them, for example the __repr__ method.
> 
> I don't know if i have made something wrong, this is my code (I obmit
> customized methods that I have added):
> 
> from os.path import exists
> 
> class vector(list):

> def __getitem__(self, key):
>     return self._list[key]

[and many more]

> Is it correct or it exists another way to inherit from list class?

Have you considered subclassing collections.MutableSequence instead?
You cannot instantiate that class until you have overridden all its abstract 
methods.

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Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? gialloporpora <gialloporpora@gmail.com> - 2013-03-02 18:02 +0100
  Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-03-02 18:19 +0100
  Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-03-02 10:22 -0700
  Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-03-02 10:26 -0700
    Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? gialloporpora <gialloporpora@gmail.com> - 2013-03-03 03:33 +0100
  Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-03-02 09:46 -0800
    Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? gialloporpora <gialloporpora@gmail.com> - 2013-03-03 03:30 +0100
      Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-03 14:18 +1100
      Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2013-03-03 09:21 -0500
        Re: Is it correct this way to inherit from a list? Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-03-03 15:40 -0500

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