My thanks to Christopher and Liam. I've revisited this with the following: class test: def __init__(self): self.s = ' there' def val(self,V): print '%s%s' % (V,self.s) class sub(test): def __init__(self): pass The following console session: >>> T = mylib.test() >>> S = mylib.sub() >>> S.val('hello') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "mylib.py", line 1609, in val print '%s%s' % (V,self.s) AttributeError: sub instance has no attribute 's'
Removing references to self.s as in class test: def __init__(self): pass def val(self,V): print V class sub(test): def __init__(self): pass gives a console session without the AttributeError ---------------------------------------------------------- | Do I understand that classes inherit methods, but not | | variable attributes? | ---------------------------------------------------------- Thanks: I've use inherited classes before but haven't tried anything with variables. tim -- Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor