On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 06:27:47 -0700, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > Should one always add super().__init__() to the __init__? The reason for > this is the possibility of changing base classes (and forgetting to > update the __init__).
No. Only add code that works and that you need. Arbitrarily adding calls to the superclasses "just in case" may not work: py> class Spam(object): ... def __init__(self, x): ... self.x = x ... super(Spam, self).__init__(x) ... py> x = Spam(1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<stdin>", line 4, in __init__ TypeError: object.__init__() takes no parameters -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
