> You're actually already doing it: look at __init__.
>
> __init__ is overridden in your subclass, so you call super(Child,
> self).__init__() to initialise the class using the parent
> (superclass)'s __init__ method.
Yes indeed. Thanks for pointing it out. In case it helps anyone else
out down the road, below is a bit of test code that appears to work
(of course, please let me know if the way I've done the call has some
unexpected (at least by me) side effects):
def result_of_GENERIC_SQLcall():
name = "This name came from the Parent class"
return name
def result_of_SPECIALIZED_SQLcall_for_child():
name = None
return name
class Parent(object):
def __init__(self):
self.add_name()
print self.name, self.__class__
def add_name(self):
self.name = result_of_GENERIC_SQLcall()
class Child(Parent):
def __init__(self):
super(Child, self).__init__()
def add_name(self):
name = result_of_SPECIALIZED_SQLcall_for_child()
try:
name + ''
self.name = name
except TypeError:
#default to the superclass's add_name method
super(Child, self).add_name()
Meantime, many thanks!!
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