On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Steven D'Aprano > <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> Python classes have a lot of dynamism made possible by the fact that methods >> are just wrappers around functions with an explicitly declared "self". That >> dynamism is rarely used, but not *that* rarely, and is very useful when >> used. Implicit self would likely negate all that. >> > > Hmm. Got any examples sitting around? I'm curious as to what you can > do with this. I'm like a kid with a new chemistry set - "what happens > if I mix a little of everything together?"...
First thing that comes to mind is calling a base class's implementation of a method: class X(Y): def __init__(self, value): Y.__init__(self) self.value = value -eric > > ChrisA > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list