TypeError: object.__init__() takes no parameters

[Thomas Rachel]

Am 09.09.2011 07:47 schrieb Oliver:
> class Container(object):
>      """Container to store  a number of non-overlapping rectangles."""
>      def __init__(self, xsize=1200, ysize=800):
>          super(Container, self).__init__(xsize, ysize)

And this is the nonsense: Container derives from object and tries to 
call its superclass's constructor with 2 parameters - which won't work.

Write this as super(Container, self).__init__().

HTH,

Thomas