On 01/28/2013 09:09 PM, iMath wrote:
what is the difference between commenting and uncommenting the __init__ method in this class?
> > > class CounterList(list): > counter = 0 > > ## def __init__(self, *args): > ## super(CounterList, self).__init__(*args) > > def __getitem__(self, index): > > self.__class__.counter += 1 > return super(CounterList, self).__getitem__(index) >
No difference as this code doesn't do anything else in the __init__() it overrides. Normally you would add some additional processing there but if you don't need to, there is no reason to override __init__(), therefore it's clearer and better to delete those 2 lines. -m -- Lark's Tongue Guide to Python: http://lightbird.net/larks/ It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well. George Santayana -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list