[Tutor] Overriding a method in a class

[Terry Carroll]

On Sat, 14 May 2011, Alan Gauld wrote:

> Is there any reason you can'tt override in the uisual way by inheritance?

Doh!  Of course I should.  I've written plenty of classes before, but 
never one intended to be inherited, and now that you point it out, it's 
obvious that that's what I should be doing here.  Thanks.

On Sat, 14 May 2011, Peter Otten wrote:

> If you define a function in the class body and then instantiate that
> class.... [snip]
> You can find a thorough explanation at
> http://users.rcn.com/python/download/Descriptor.htm

Thanks, Peter; that's very helpful.  I'll read that page in detail.