using super() to call two parent classes __init__() method

[7stud]

When I run the following code and call super() in the Base class's
__init__ () method, only one Parent's __init__() method is called.
class Parent1(object):
def __init__(self):
print "Parent1 init called."
self.x = 10

class Parent2(object):
def __init__(self):
print "Parent2 init called."
self.y = 15

class Base(Parent1, Parent2):
def __init__(self):
super(Base, self).__init__()
self.z = 20

b = Base()

--output:--
Parent1 init called.

[Alex Martelli]

7stud <bb**********@yahoo.comwrote:

When I run the following code and call super() in the Base class's
__init__ () method, only one Parent's __init__() method is called.
class Parent1(object):
def __init__(self):
print "Parent1 init called."
self.x = 10

class Parent2(object):
def __init__(self):
print "Parent2 init called."
self.y = 15

class Base(Parent1, Parent2):
def __init__(self):
super(Base, self).__init__()
self.z = 20

b = Base()

--output:--
Parent1 init called.

Yep -- Parent1.__init__ doesn't call its own super's __init__, so it
doesn't participate in cooperative superclass delegation and "the buck
stops there".
Alex

[Steve Holden]

7stud wrote:

When I run the following code and call super() in the Base class's
__init__ () method, only one Parent's __init__() method is called.
class Parent1(object):
def __init__(self):
print "Parent1 init called."
self.x = 10

class Parent2(object):
def __init__(self):
print "Parent2 init called."
self.y = 15

class Base(Parent1, Parent2):
def __init__(self):
super(Base, self).__init__()
self.z = 20

b = Base()

--output:--
Parent1 init called.

If you want super() to work for you then all your classes have to use
it. There is only one call to an __init__() method in your definitions -
Parent1 and Parent2 should also be calling their super().__init__().

regards
Steve
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[Evan Klitzke]

On 8/16/07, 7stud <bb**********@yahoo.comwrote:

When I run the following code and call super() in the Base class's
__init__ () method, only one Parent's __init__() method is called.

As the other posters have mentioned, each class needs to make a call
to super. This is because the super call doesn't really call the
parent class' method, it actually calls the next method in the MRO.
The MRO in this case will be Base -Parent1 -Parent2 -object. You
can read the details of Python's MRO here
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.3/mro/

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