Re: OOP / language design question

2006-04-25 Thread cctv . star
Heiko Wundram wrote: > Because sometimes you don't want to call the base classes constructors? Sounds strange to me at the moment, but I'll try to adjust to this thought. > Python zen says: "Better explicit than implicit," and in this case it hits > the nail on the head. Better to see right away

Re: OOP / language design question

2006-04-25 Thread cctv . star
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > I have another question for you: why does JAVA enforce that a constructor of > a base-class must be called prior to everything else in the derived class's > constructor? Well, I can imagine it's done to make sure that the base(s) are properly constructed. Sound s sensible

OOP / language design question

2006-04-25 Thread cctv . star
I was wondering, why you always have to remember to call bases' constructors explicitly from the derived class constructor? Why hasn't this been enforced by the language? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list