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Python

Why do we need to put sneaky = True in the Thief class and then again for self.sneaky = True under super()?

Maybe I missed it in the video but Im not sure why we need to put sneaky = True in the Thief class (right under class Thief(Character):) and then again for self.sneaky = True under super() in the __init__ method

do we need to put the first sneaky under the class?

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
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The class attribute is not needed since every instance will initialize the sneaky attribute during the __init__ method.

I suspect the class attribute was left over from before the __init__ was fully defined.