Jul 8, 2017 · Python doesn't force you on using " self ". You can give it any name you want. But remember the first argument in a method definition is a reference to the object. Python adds …

5 It seems like you need to use __init__ in Python if you want to correctly initialize mutable attributes of your instances. See the following example:

For reference, check out the requirements for __new__ in the Python Language Reference. Edit: ok, here's an example of potentially useful use of __new__. The class Eel keeps track of how …

Here's the documentation. Python defines two types of packages, regular packages and namespace packages. Regular packages are traditional packages as they existed in Python …

80 In Python, I want to know if it is necessary to include __init__ as the first method while creating a class, as in the example below:

In Python, this corresponds to the class' __init__ method. Python's __new__ is nothing more and nothing less than similar per-class customisation of the "allocate a new instance" part. This of …

Feb 23, 2009 · Just a heads up... with Python 2.7, and I believe ever since super() was introduced in version 2.2, you can only call super() if one of the parents inherit from a class that eventually …

Because of the way diamond inheritance works in python, classes whose base class is object should not call super().__init__(). As you've noticed, doing so would break multiple inheritance …

In the first situation, Num2 is extending the class Num and since you are not redefining the special method named __init__() in Num2, it gets inherited from Num. When a class defines an …

Nov 3, 2015 · Python linearizes a complicated inheritance tree via the C3 linearization algorithm to create a Method Resolution Order (MRO). We want methods to be looked up in that order. For …