The thread "why not arrays" got me thinking. I would really like to inherit
from a list so that I can add methods based on its contents, say if I filled
it with a type of object and wanted to iterate over all objects. I have built
a wrapper around a list like this for general use:
class list_of_objects:
def __init__(self):
self.data = []
def __len__(self):
return len(self.data)
etc ...
Then it can be heritable and I can add or override methods. Why aren't built
in lists and dictionaries real heritable types that can save this kind of
patchwork? Is there a pythonic reason I am missing here?
James
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