Extending base class methods

2005-04-19 Thread henrikpierrou
Hi, I am trying to extend an overridden base class method (printer) by printing some extra fields and then calling the base class method. Extract from the python tutorial: 'An overriding method in a derived class may in fact want to extend rather than simply replace the base class method of the s

Re: Extending base class methods

2005-04-19 Thread henrikpierrou
Ok, i'll try that. But what about the recommendation in the tutorial, is that not possible? /H -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python instances

2005-04-20 Thread henrikpierrou
Hi, How do python instances work? Why does the code at the end of my posting produce this output: list in a: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] list in b: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] instead of list in a: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] list in b: [] class MyClass:

Re: Python instances

2005-04-20 Thread henrikpierrou
Guess i shouldn't think of the __init__(self) function as a constructor then. Thanks. /H -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list