super confused !

[Michal Wallace]

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, robin and jim wrote:

> >>> class Int_c(Int_a):
> ...  def __init__(self):
> ...   super(Int_c, self).__init__(99)
> ...
> >>> Int_c()
> 0
> >>> class Int_d(Int_a):
> ...  def __init__(self):
> ...   Int_a.__init__(self, 99)
> ...
> >>> Int_d()
> 0
> 
> Why are Int_c() and Int_d() zero (the default for int()) rather than 99?
> 
> How can I make them 99?

use __new__ instead of __init__... Guido explains it in 
"Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2":

      http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html#__new__

Cheers,

- Michal   http://www.sabren.net/   sabren at manifestation.com 
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