Hi y'all, I found the problem. My __init__ statement in the subclass had an extra underscore, which is why the baseclass __init__ was the only one called.
Duh! Sean sean_mcdaniel wrote: > > Thank you for the reply. > > I have made the substitution, but I still receive the same error. I > previously defined the __init__ statements in the old way, i.e. > > FileParse.__init__(self) > > but with the same problematic outcome. > > Thank you, > > Sean > > > Lie Ryan wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> I can redefine the class and I get a "TypeError: __init__() takes >>> exactly 1 >>> argument (2 given)" error. I'm creating a SinglePeakFit object and >>> not a >>> FileParse one. Still puzzled... >> >> In this: >> >> class SinglePeakFit(FileParse): >> ... >> def __init___(self, filename): >> print "I am here!" >> super(FileParse,self).__init__() >> ... >> ... >> >> You called the __init__ of FileParse's superclass(es), i.e. >> object.__init__ >> >> What you wanted is this: >> >> class SinglePeakFit(FileParse): >> ... >> def __init___(self, filename): >> print "I am here!" >> super(SinglePeakFit,self).__init__() >> ... >> ... >> >> which calls the superclass(es) of SinglePeakFit, i.e. FileParse.__init__ >> >> Anyway, you don't actually need to use super() unless your class use >> multiple inheritance. And even the en it is only really required if >> there is 'diamond'-shaped inheritance, like: A(object), B(A), C(A), D(A, >> B). But it is good practice to use super for any multiple inheritance, >> even though it's not diamond shaped (actually all cases of multiple >> inheritance is diamond shaped since all (new-style) classes inherits >> from object). >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tutor maillist - [email protected] >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Inheritance-help-tp18240495p18244255.html Sent from the Python - tutor mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
