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Luis Flores
10,496 PointsWhy didn't he use super() for the class thieves??
Why didn't he use super() for the class thieves and did for the attributes if they don't inheritance any class?
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsGreat Question! In the design
of Thief, Agile, Sneaky, and Character, Kenneth letting the inherented class do all the initialization. By not including a __init__ method In Thief, Python will use the first __init__ found in the Method Resolution Order (MRO), that is, by scanning down in inheritance list.
Upon finding the first __init__, execution would stop there if there wasn’t a super() call to say, “also run the next __init__ found by continuing to scanning down the chain, then come back here. This means Agile.__init__ is started first, then a jump to Sneaky.__init__, then a jump to Character.__init__, then back to Sneaky, the finally the init completes back in Agile.
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!
Luis Flores
10,496 PointsLuis Flores
10,496 Pointsthanks