subclassing Python types

[Robert Kern]

zzbbaadd at aol.com wrote:

> So it's:
> class MyString(str):
>    def __init__(self,strInput):
>       self = strInput

That doesn't quite work. Assigning to "self" only reassigns the name inside the
function. It does not replace the object.

Instead, call the .__init__() method on str.

class MyString(str):
    def __init__(self, strInput):
        str.__init__(self, strInput)
        # ... other stuff

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Robert Kern

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