Cedric BRINER wrote: >>>However, is it possible to achieve this without rewrite the whole >>>__init__ method, but just overriding parts of it? >> >>The usual way to do this is to forward to the __init__() method of the >>superclass for the common part. In your case you are just specializing the >>default arguments so all you have to do is pass the args to A.__init__(): >> >>class B(A): >> def __init__(self, blank=True, editable=True, name='foo'): >> A.__init__(self, blank, editable, name) >> > > > I thought such kind of thing should be writted like: > class A(object): > def __init__(self, blank=False, editable=True, name='foo'): > self.blank = blank > self.editable = editable > self.name = name > > class B(A): > def __init__(self, blank=True, editable=True, name='foo'): > super(B, self).__init__(blank, editable, name)
Yes, that is the more modern way to do it for new-style classes. In the original example, class A does not inherit from object so I used the older style. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
