Invoke a superclass method from a subclass constructor

[Kayode Odeyemi]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Prasad, Ramit <ramit.prasad at jpmorgan.com>wrote:

> >You should be passed super the current class you want the super class of,
> not the type of the super class. So it should be:****
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> >super(*B*, self).log('system') # Notice that it passed class B****
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> Ugh, apologies for the poor English; my tea has not kicked in.****
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> That first line would be more understandable as:  ‘You should pass the
> current class (B) you want the super class of, not the type of the super
> class (A) itself. So it should be:’****
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> To clarify, by passing A to super it retrieves the definition for the base
> class (object) which does not have the function you are trying to access.*
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> Ramit
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Thanks for helping me clarify on how to use super() in Py2+. That really
worked!

>>> class B(A):
...     def __init__(self, module):
...             self.module = A.log(self, module)
...             print self.module # printing here is completely unnecessary
in a good OOP language
...
>>> c = B('system')
logged
>>> class B(A):
...     def __init__(self, module):
...             print super(B, self).log('system') # printing here is
completely unnecessary in a good OOP language
...
>>> c = B('system')
logged
>>>

When an instance of a class is created, all codes within that instance block
should be executed. That's my understanding of OOP.

Thanks everyone!


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