It matters if you're going to mixin a class whose common ancestor is
object, e.g.:
class FooMixin(object):
def __init__(self):
self.foo = 3
class MyModel(models.Model, FooMixin):
pass
if models.Model.__init__ doesn't call super().__init__, then
FooMixin.__init__ won't be invoked.
Alex
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Tom Christie <[email protected]>wrote:
> Calling super in base classes (ie anything that inherits from 'object')
> just seems unnecessary and obscure to me. It's not a pattern I use or have
> seen, and after playing around a bit I can't see any sensible case where
> it'd make a difference. `View` should always be the last (right-most)
> class in hierarchy, so there shouldn't ever be any parent behaviour that
> needs calling into.
>
>
> On Saturday, 28 September 2013 13:34:23 UTC+1, Daniele Procida wrote:
>>
>> <https://code.djangoproject.**com/ticket/21111<https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21111>>
>>
>>
>> There's some discussion of a particular class, django.views.base.View,
>> and whether its __init__() should contain a super(View, self).__init__().
>>
>> But there's also a wider question of whether there should be a general
>> rule about this, whether the integrity of the __init__() chain should be
>> maintained, and whether it matters that not all of our classes that are
>> likely to be subclassed do it.
>>
>> Any comments?
>>
>> Daniele
>>
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