class BaseClass: def __init__(self): self.__data = None
def getMember(self): return self.__data class GoodSubClass(BaseClass): def __init__(self): BaseClass.__init__(self) class BadSubClass(BaseClass): def __init__(self): self.__x = None gsc = GoodSubClass() print dir(gsc) gsc.getMember() bsc = BadSubClass() print dir(bsc) bsc.getMember() ------------------------------------------------ Forgive me if this topic has been brought up before, but I was curious as to why I was getting this behavior and was hoping someone knowledgeable could explain. :) I "feel" like even without the explicit call to a simple base ctor(), mangling should still happen correctly. This doesnt, however, seem to be the case... Of note: simply doing a 'pass' in BadSubClass seems to be sufficient as well; so, it has something to do with defining a ctor() in the child and not explicitly invoking the parent's ctor. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list