On 30/03/17 21:08, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > Of course, the __init__ methods are special in any way
Should have said *not special* in any way... > But remember that not calling super potentially leaves > some attributes of your superclass uninitialized. By not > calling super you assume full responsibility for > initializing both your sub class and the superclass. And it's worth reminding ourselves that there could be several superclasses not just the one we immediately inherit from. Finally, this discussion has been in the context of constructors but super() applies to all methods. There is nothing unique about construction, it's just like any other method call where you want to include the superclass functionality. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
