From a book:
class Derived(Base):
def __init__(self, etc....):
self.__init__(self, etc...)
I don't understand why the 'self' in the call to the Base class
constructor doesn't still refer to the Derived instance. If you say:
x = Derived()
then that triggers the def above. And then that function calls a
constructor, but if it's calling x.__init__, and x is a Derived
instance, it seems like the function keeps calling itself.
Obviously I'm missing a piece of information that would help me to see
why the call gets passed back up to Base...