optional argument to a subclass of a class

[Alex Hall]

On 5/21/10, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
> Am 21.05.2010 04:56, schrieb Alex Hall:
>> Hi all,
>> I am now trying to allow my classes, all of which subclass a single
>> class (if that is the term), to provide optional arguments. Here is
>> some of my code:
>>
>> class Craft():
>>   def __init__(self,
>>   name,
>>   isAircraft=False,
>>   id=helpers.id(),
>>   hits=0,
>>   weapons=[]):
>
> I hope you are aware that helpers.id() is called just once when the
> *class* is defined and that the list weapons is shared across all
> instances of the craft class. :)
I know id is called once, but what do you mean weapons is shared?
>
> Have you read about *args and **kwargs in the Python docs? I bet you
> find them useful for your problem.
>
> Christian
>
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