So you know you are subclassing a module. There is an answer @ http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1819038&postcount=2
On Jan 4, 3:49 pm, "Erik Johnson" <ej at somewhere.com> wrote: > I ran into a problem I didn't understand at first. I got part of it figured > out. Let me first demonstrate the original problem: > > > cat Super.pyclass Super(object): > def __init__(self): > self._class = 'Super' > def hello(self): > print "%s says 'Hello'" % self._class > > > cat Sub.pyimport Super > > class Sub(Super): > def __init__(self): > self._class = 'Sub' > > > pythonPython 2.3.4 (#1, Feb 7 2005, 15:50:45) > [GCC 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> > from Super import Super > >>> from Sub import SubTraceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > File "Sub.py", line 4, in ? > class Sub(Super): > TypeError: function takes at most 2 arguments (3 given) > > My question is NOT "What's wrong here?" > (The answer to that is that the import in Sub.py should be: from Super > import Super > i.e., I tried to use the module itself where I meant to subclass the class > defined in that module). > > My questions are: > > Why does python complain about a function here? (it's a class definition > statement, right?) > Is there really a function being called here? > If so: > What function was called? > What two arguments is it expecting? > What three were given? > > Thanks, > -ej -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
