Referring to the class name from a class variable where inheritance is involved
Paul Moore
p.f.moore at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 10:57:25 EST 2011
I want to set up an inheritance hierarchy. The base class will define
a string value which should include the class name, but I don't want
people who inherit from my class to have to remember to override the
value.
If I do this using an instance variable, it's reasonably easy:
>>> class Base:
... def __init__(self):
... self.key = 'Key_for_' + self.__class__.__name__
... def display(self):
... print self.key
...
>>> class Inherited(Base):
... pass
...
>>> b = Base()
>>> i = Inherited()
>>> b.display()
Key_for_Base
>>> i.display()
Key_for_Inherited
Rather than having the key for every instance, I'd like to use a class
variable, but I can't see how I'd make that work (a class variable
which is inherited but has a different value in derived classes). I
could use a classmethod,but that feels like even more overkill than an
instance attribute.
Is there a way of doing this via class variables or something, or more
relevantly, I guess, what would be the idiomatic way of doing
something like this?
Thanks,
Paul
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