Trouble with inheritance and self

[Erik Max Francis]

Boethius wrote:

> I have 2 classes (A and B). Both have a render method that returns a
> string.
> The only difference between A and B's render is the first part of the
> string (header).
> 
> B inherits from A and uses A's render with its own header (see code
> below).

The issue looks to be one of bound vs. unbound methods.  An unbound
method requires an explicit self argument; a bound method already is
"attached" to one and thus doesn't need one.

> class B(A):
> 
>     def _header(self):
>         return "B's header"
> 
>     def render(self):
>         return A.render(self, header=self._header)

Try

	return A.render(self, header=B._header)

here instead.

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