On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> class Vector(list):
> def __new__(cls, *args):
> return super(Vector, cls).__new__(cls, args)
> def __init__(self, *args):
> super(Vector, self).__init__(args)
>
> The __new__ method here will receive the args in the style that you
> want, and then pass them up the inheritance chain to the superclass
> constructor, which will then just do the right thing. The __init__
> method is also overridden to match the modified argspec. The
> super().__init__() call is included for completeness; AFAIK it doesn't
> actually do anything.
I retract that. On further testing, it is actually the __init__
method that initializes the list contents, not the __new__ method. So
this is all you need:
class Vector(list):
def __init__(self, *args):
super(Vector, self).__init__(args)
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