So is elementtree a module of modules? I didn't know you could do that. I just assumed that from elementtree import ElementTree imported a class from the module elementtree.
It works now. Thanks guys. Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Matthew Thorley wrote: > > >>I am trying to inherit from ElementTree so I can add some methods. This >>is the code I am trying to make work, and the following is the error I >>am getting. >> >>from elementtree import ElementTree >>class AcidTree(ElementTree): >> def write_string(self): >> .... >> >>File "/home/hope/var/proj/acid/server/mgacparse.py", line 22, in ? >> class AcidTree(ElementTree): >>TypeError: Error when calling the metaclass bases >> module.__init__() takes at most 2 arguments (3 given) >> >>I have *no* idea what is going on here. > > > note that you're trying to inherit from a module. the error message could > need some work... > > something like > > from elementtree.ElementTree import ElementTree, tostring > > class AcidTree(ElementTree): > def write_string(self): > return tostring(self) > > should work better. > > </F> > > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
