optional argument to a subclass of a class

[Christian Heimes]

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. :)

Have you read about *args and **kwargs in the Python docs? I bet you 
find them useful for your problem.

Christian