KraftDiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well here is a rough sketch of my code... > This is giving my two problems. > > 1) TypeError: super() argument 1 must be type, not classobj
Make your classes new-style (have Shape inherit from object) to fix this. You're using the legacy (old-style) object model (which remains for backwards compatibility only). > 2) I want to be sure the the draw code calls the inherited classes > outline and not its own... Call anything on self, and you'll use the inherited class. > class Shape: change to: class Shape(object): > def __init__(self): > pass remove this method, no need for it. > def render(self): > print self.__class___ Use two trailing underscores, NOT three. > self.outline() > def outline(self): > pass Use as the body "raise NotImplementedError" to make sure that Shape.outline never gets accidentally called. > > class Rect(Shape): > def __init__(self): > super(self.__class__, self).__init__() > def render(self): > super(self.__class__, self).draw() You never defined a method named 'draw', do you mean 'render'? > def outline(self): > print 'outline' + self.__class__ Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
