Re: general problem when subclassing a built-in class

2010-12-23 Thread bill
In kj writes: >Where in the Python documentation can one find the information >required to determine the minimal[1] set of methods that one would >need to override to achieve this goal? > I don't know the answer to that question, but imho it's the wrong question to ask. Instead you should b

Re: general problem when subclassing a built-in class

2010-12-22 Thread Owen Jacobson
On 2010-12-22 20:22:36 -0500, kj said: Suppose that you want to implement a subclass of built-in class, to meet some specific design requirements. Where in the Python documentation can one find the information required to determine the minimal[1] set of methods that one would need to override t

general problem when subclassing a built-in class

2010-12-22 Thread kj
Suppose that you want to implement a subclass of built-in class, to meet some specific design requirements. Where in the Python documentation can one find the information required to determine the minimal[1] set of methods that one would need to override to achieve this goal? In my experience,