Subclass List

[Remco Gerlich]

Chris Withers wrote in comp.lang.python:
> I'd like to create a subclass of list that loads it's contents from a
> file when you instantiate it.
> 
> What do I subclass to do this? I tried 'List' and 'ListType' but got
> NameError's.

You can't directly subclass types, like lists and integers. This is commonly
viewed as a flaw in Python, maybe this will be changed once.

However, you can subclass UserList.UserList, a Python wrapper around a list
(see Lib/UserList.py for its source).

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