Hi,
The following example doesn't work as I would like-- the child
instance doesn't expose the attribute set in the parent. Can someone
point out what I am missing?
Thanks,
Marcus
class Parent(object):
def __init__(self, name="I am a parent"):
self.name = name
class Child(Parent):
Marcus Goldfish said unto the world upon 28/06/2005 00:58:
> Hi,
>
> The following example doesn't work as I would like-- the child
> instance doesn't expose the attribute set in the parent. Can someone
> point out what I am missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Marcus
>
>
> class Parent(object):
>def __
|class Parent(object):
| def __init__(self, name="I am a parent"):
| self.name = name
|
|class Child(Parent):
| def __init__(self, number):
| super(Parent, self).__init__("I am a child")
| self.number = number
|
|# I would like it to produce the following:
|>> c = Child(23)
|>> c
Quoting Alan G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I don't know the direct answer but the more common way
> of doing that in Python is not to use super() but just
> call the inherited constructor directly:
>
> Parent.__init__(self,'I am a child')
>
>
> SO if you just want to fix the itch use that, if you
