On Feb 9, 4:04 pm, Jean-Paul Calderone <exar...@divmod.com> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:20:05 -0800 (PST), Lionel <lionel.ke...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >Hello. I've been scouring the web looking for something to clear up a > >little confusion about the use of "super()" but haven't found anything > >that really helps. Here's my simple example: > > > [snip] > > >"super(Child,self).__init__(filePath) > >TypeError: super() argument 1 must be type, not classobj" > > >What have I done wrong? Thanks in advance for any help. > > Consider whether you really need to use super(). > > http://fuhm.net/super-harmful/ > > Jean-Paul
Yes, I came across that essay...and it scared me. Will my base class initializer always get called regardless of whether or not I use super ()? If so, does this occur prior to any code in my derived class initializer being executed (in other words, if I don't explicitly call "super()" in my derived class, am I guaranteed that the base class "__init__" has executed completely)? If so, then I guess I can forego the use of "super()" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
