On 30 dic, 17:25, Torsten Bronger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sub-classed unicode in an own class called "Excerpt", and now I > try to implement a __unicode__ method. In this method, I want to > get the actual value of the instance, i.e. the unicode string:
The "actual value of the instance", given that it inherits from unicode, is... self. Are you sure you *really* want to inherit from unicode? Don't you want to store an unicode object as an instance attribute? > Unfortunately, unicode objects don't have a __unicode__ method. Because it's not needed; unicode objects are already unicode objects, and since they're immutable, there is no need to duplicate them. If it existed, would always return self. > However, unicode(super(Excerpt, self)) is also forbidden because > super() allows attribute access only (why by the way?). (because its purpose is to allow cooperative methods in a multiple inheritance hierarchy) > How does my object get its own value? "its own value" is the instance itself -- Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
