Jake b wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Yanom Mobis <yanom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > this is the code in question: > > > > class Car(Basicsprite): #car class > > def __init__(self, speedarg=(0,0)): > > self.speed = speedarg > > Basicsprite.__init__(self) > > > > Is this valid to call parent constructor after other statements? ( Think > this is invalid in other languages -- just not sure about python ) Yes. You can call the parents __init__() anywhere in the overridden method. But... __init__() is not the constructor in the traditional sense (as I understand it), it is already passed the constructed instance. In python the constructor is the __new__() method which is passed the class and you must call the superclass' __new__() to get the instance to work with. -- John Eikenberry [jae@xxxxxxxx - http://zhar.net] [PGP public key @ http://zhar.net/jae_at_zhar_net.gpg] ______________________________________________________________ "Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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