[Tutor] inheritance, python and pygame

[rail shafigulin]

i'm trying to learn OOP, python and pygame at the same time. so far it has
been ok, but i stumbled onto a problem

here is the code that causes problems

#!/usr/bin/python3.1
import pygame
pygame.init()

class BaseSprite(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
  def __init(self, imagefile):
    super(type(self), self).__init__()
    self.image = pygame.image.load(imagefile)
    self.image = self.image.convert()
    self.rect = self.image.get_rect()

class Cloud(BaseSprite):
  """
  cloud sprite
  scrolls down and moves side to side when it is reset
  """
  IMAGE = 'cloud.gif'
  def __init__(self):
    super(type(self), self).__init__(type(self).IMAGE)

def main():
  cloud = Cloud()

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()

when i run i get the following error:
  ...........................
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pygame/sprite.py", line 129,
in add
    else: self.add(*group)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pygame/sprite.py", line 129,
in add
    else: self.add(*group)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pygame/sprite.py", line 129,
in add
    else: self.add(*group)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pygame/sprite.py", line 129,
in add
    else: self.add(*group)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pygame/sprite.py", line 129,
in add
    else: self.add(*group)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pygame/sprite.py", line 129,
in add
    else: self.add(*group)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/pygame/sprite.py", line 129,
in add
    else: self.add(*group)
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object


i can't figure out where and why the recursion occurs. can someone help me
out? any advice is appreciated
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