I've got a conceptual problem to do with inheritance.
I'd be grateful if someone could help to clear up my
confusion.
An example. Say I need a class that's basically a
list, with all the normal list methods, but I want a
custom __init__ so that the list that is created is
[1,2,3] rather than [] (yes, it's a bogus example,
but it does to make the point). Without bothering
with inheritance, I could do:
class mysimplelistcla ss:
def __init__(self):
self.internalli st = [1, 2, 3]
This would work but I would, of course, need to define
methods in "mysimplecl ass" to deal with all the various
methods that the original list class provides.
Obviously, the thing to do is to inherit from the list
class, override the __init__ method and leave the rest
of the normal list class's methods untouched. So I'd
write something like:
class myinheritedlist class(list):
def __init__(self):
<now what?>
It's at this point I get confused. Obviously, I don't
use the "self.internall ist = [1, 2, 3]" bit as before
because I'd then need to override all of the rest of
the normal list methods to get them to act on
self.internalli st.
Conceptually, I suppose I need something like:
<somemagictoken > = superclass.self .__init__([1, 2, 3)]
but that is, of course, totally ridiculous.
Essentially, then, if I've inherited another class, how
do I create an instance of the class I've inherited such
that methods I haven't overrriden will still work, and
how can I then refer to that instance from my subclass?
I can guess it's something to do with "self" but exactly
what, I'm really at a loss.
Any assistance in my confusion would be gratefully received!
Regards,
Matthew. 4 1408
Matthew Bell wrote: I've got a conceptual problem to do with inheritance. I'd be grateful if someone could help to clear up my confusion.
An example. Say I need a class that's basically a list, with all the normal list methods, but I want a custom __init__ so that the list that is created is [1,2,3] rather than [] (yes, it's a bogus example, but it does to make the point). Without bothering with inheritance, I could do:
class mysimplelistcla ss: def __init__(self): self.internalli st = [1, 2, 3]
This would work but I would, of course, need to define methods in "mysimplecl ass" to deal with all the various methods that the original list class provides.
Obviously, the thing to do is to inherit from the list class, override the __init__ method and leave the rest of the normal list class's methods untouched. So I'd write something like:
class myinheritedlist class(list): def __init__(self): <now what?>
It's at this point I get confused. Obviously, I don't use the "self.internall ist = [1, 2, 3]" bit as before because I'd then need to override all of the rest of the normal list methods to get them to act on self.internalli st.
Conceptually, I suppose I need something like:
<somemagictoken > = superclass.self .__init__([1, 2, 3)]
but that is, of course, totally ridiculous.
Essentially, then, if I've inherited another class, how do I create an instance of the class I've inherited such that methods I haven't overrriden will still work, and how can I then refer to that instance from my subclass? I can guess it's something to do with "self" but exactly what, I'm really at a loss.
Any assistance in my confusion would be gratefully received!
Regards, Matthew.
I think this is what you want: class MyList(list):
def __init__(self,s eq=[1,2,3]):
super(MyList,se lf).__init__(se q)
a=MyList() a
[1, 2, 3] b=MyList([4,5]) b
[4, 5] a + b
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Matthew Bell wrote: Essentially, then, if I've inherited another class, how do I create an instance of the class I've inherited such that methods I haven't overrriden will still work, and how can I then refer to that instance from my subclass? I can guess it's something to do with "self" but exactly what, I'm really at a loss.
If I got it right, you should have:
class A:
def __init__(self):
self.data=[]
class B(A):
def __init__(self):
A.__init__(self )
self.data=[1,2,3]
cheers
Matthew Bell schreef: I've got a conceptual problem to do with inheritance. I'd be grateful if someone could help to clear up my confusion.
An example. Say I need a class that's basically a list, with all the normal list methods, but I want a custom __init__ so that the list that is created is [1,2,3] rather than [] (yes, it's a bogus example, but it does to make the point). Without bothering with inheritance, I could do:
class mysimplelistcla ss: def __init__(self): self.internalli st = [1, 2, 3]
This would work but I would, of course, need to define methods in "mysimplecl ass" to deal with all the various methods that the original list class provides.
Obviously, the thing to do is to inherit from the list class, override the __init__ method and leave the rest of the normal list class's methods untouched. So I'd write something like:
class myinheritedlist class(list): def __init__(self): <now what?>
It's at this point I get confused. Obviously, I don't use the "self.internall ist = [1, 2, 3]" bit as before because I'd then need to override all of the rest of the normal list methods to get them to act on self.internalli st.
Conceptually, I suppose I need something like:
<somemagictoken > = superclass.self .__init__([1, 2, 3)]
but that is, of course, totally ridiculous.
Essentially, then, if I've inherited another class, how do I create an instance of the class I've inherited such that methods I haven't overrriden will still work, and how can I then refer to that instance from my subclass? I can guess it's something to do with "self" but exactly what, I'm really at a loss.
Any assistance in my confusion would be gratefully received!
Regards, Matthew.
You were nearly there. You don't need a <magictoken>;
__init__ does not return anything.
Just initialize the baseclass with the things you want: class myList(list):
def __init__(self):
list.__init__(s elf, [1,2,3])
m = myList() m
[1, 2, 3]
Regards,
Ruud
Ruud de Jong wrote: Matthew Bell schreef:
I've got a conceptual problem to do with inheritance. I'd be grateful if someone could help to clear up my confusion.
<...deletia.. .>
You were nearly there. You don't need a <magictoken>; __init__ does not return anything. Just initialize the baseclass with the things you want: >>> class myList(list): def __init__(self): list.__init__(s elf, [1,2,3]) >>> m = myList() >>> m [1, 2, 3] >>>
Ruud,
The light has come on! Thanks very, very much for the
pointer. Given Python's general elegance I knew there
must be an obvious way of doing this but I just couldn't
see it. I do now.
Thanks again,
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