I was wondering what is the difference between:
20 class Person(object):
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22 def __init__(self, name):
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24 self.name = name
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27 self.pet = None
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class Employee(Person):
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32 def __init__(self, name, salary):
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34 super(Employee, self).__init__(name) <---------------This statement vs super().__init__(name)?
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36 self.salary = salary
super searches the whole ancestor tree for the attribute you’re requesting, but it will stop at the first suitable find by default. If you provide a starting point for the search, it’ll start there and ignore previous finds.
class A(object):
def func(self):
print("func A")
class B(A):
def func(self):
print("func B")
class C(B): # method resolution order (MRO): C -> B -> A
def func(self):
super().func() # prints func B (first find)
super(C, self).func() # is equivalent to super().func()
super(B, self).func() # prints func A (starts the search after class B)Unless you have a sophisticated inheritance tree where multiple classes implement different versions of the same method, super() should suffice.
More info: Python docs, essay by R. Hettinger with good examples
thanks so much! I learned alot just now breaking the code. I was trying to use an if statement to create an object. I figured out a way to handled the exception. Im sure there is a better way but it will suffice for now. I was trying to set a variable self.type to point to a specific object id created. It worked until I used a subclass to access the parent’s type variable and it threw an exception that was difficult to handle bec I dont understand enough yet, but I learned alot. I know there are other libraries as well as built in function to deal that for efficiently. Like I said, itll take me time to learn all that. Is there a link that could brush me up on this specifically? If you can follow what I was trying to do? lol
Wow, awesome explanation. Didn’t know that you can set your starting point.
Trust me you dont want to see how I butchered Python in that script lmao…I figured out what all I was doing wrong…thanks though
Maybe post some code and the error message?