[Python-Dev] Class Methods

[Moshe Zadka]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:26:01 -0500, Guido van Rossum <guido at digicool.com> wrote:
 
> For regular methods it may be possible to avoid this simply by
> choosing non-conflicting names, but I seem to recall that Jim wanted
> to use class methods with certain special names (like __init__ or
> __getattr__?), and I have no idea how to do this without dropping the
> idea that x.spam(...) is C.spam(x, ...).  So maybe that's the
> solution?

class A:

    def __init__(self):
        self.spam = 1

class B:

    def __init__(self):
        A.__init__(self)
        self.eggs = 2

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