Re: 'super' object has no attribute '__setitem__'

2011-08-19 Thread Bob Vandy
I'm pretty sure I'd actually read the first 2 links you point to, but the difference between __setattr__ and __setitem__ still never registered with me -- perhaps partly because even the discussion of __setattr__ discusses adding an entry to the "*dictionary* of instance attributes". *MANY* thank

Re: 'super' object has no attribute '__setitem__'

2011-08-19 Thread Paul Woolcock
If you really want __setitem__ and not __setattr__, you should change the base class to 'dict'. Or 'import UserDict' and use that for the base class. On Aug 18, 2011 9:45 PM, "luvspython" wrote: > I'm using Python 2.7 and the code below fails at the 'super' statement > in the __setitem__ function

Re: 'super' object has no attribute '__setitem__'

2011-08-18 Thread Eric Snow
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:44 PM, luvspython wrote: > I'm using Python 2.7 and the code below fails at the 'super' statement > in the __setitem__ function in the HistoryKeeper class.  The error is: >   'super' object has no attribute '_setitem__' > > Can anyone please tell me why and how to fix it?

Re: 'super' object has no attribute '__setitem__'

2011-08-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
luvspython gmail.com> writes: > def __setitem__(self, item, value): > super(HistoryKeeper, self).__setitem__(item, value) object has no __setitem__. Are you looking for __setattr__? > > class Vehicle(HistoryKeeper): > def __init__(self, tag, make, model): > args = locals