On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:08:12 am Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Some people argue that you must call dict.__init__ even though it > doesn't do anything. Their reasoning is, some day its behaviour might > change, and if you don't call it in your subclass, then your class > may break. This is true, as far as it goes, but what they say is that > if the behaviour of dict.__init__ changes, and you *do* call it, your > class may still break. (This is why dict is unlikely to change any > time soon.)
Oops, left out a word. I meant to say "what they *don't* say is...". -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
