Horatiu Banciu
11,360 Pointssuper in a class with no parrent class
Ok soo in the Sneaky class in the init method there's this super call
class Sneaky:
sneaky = True
def __init__(self, sneaky=True, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.sneaky = sneaky
def hide(self, light_level):
return self.sneaky and light_level < 10
but there's no parent class so why does he use it? is he trying to call the __init__ method of the object class? is there any reason at all to do that?
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 58,993 PointsGood question! Kenneth designed the class Sneaky so that it can be used as a “mix-in” class. As a mix-in class, it is intended to be used before other inherited classes and not as the sole inherited class. Without the super(), any __init__ in a class following
sneaky would not be run.
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!
Horatiu Banciu
11,360 PointsHoratiu Banciu
11,360 Pointssoo the mix-in classes could be seen as extensions to the base class?
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 58,993 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 58,993 PointsCorrect.
Horatiu Banciu
11,360 PointsHoratiu Banciu
11,360 Pointsthank you!