Jul 8, 2017 · Python doesn't force you on using " self ". You can give it any name you want. But remember the first argument in a method definition is a reference to the object. Python adds …

5 It seems like you need to use __init__ in Python if you want to correctly initialize mutable attributes of your instances. See the following example:

For reference, check out the requirements for __new__ in the Python Language Reference. Edit: ok, here's an example of potentially useful use of __new__. The class Eel keeps track of how …

Here's the documentation. Python defines two types of packages, regular packages and namespace packages. Regular packages are traditional packages as they existed in Python …

Because of the way diamond inheritance works in python, classes whose base class is object should not call super().__init__(). As you've noticed, doing so would break multiple inheritance …

In fact, multiple inheritance is the only case where super() is of any use. I would not recommend using it with classes using linear inheritance, where it's just useless overhead.

Jan 24, 2012 · Python uses automatic two-phase initialisation - __new__ returns a valid but (usually) unpopulated object (see bool for a counter-example), which then has __init__ called …

71 In Python, calling the super-class' __init__ is optional. If you call it, it is then also optional whether to use the super identifier, or whether to explicitly name the super class:

80 In Python, I want to know if it is necessary to include __init__ as the first method while creating a class, as in the example below:

Python ships with a package named test that is not a namespace package, and namespace packages (explicit via __init__.py with pkgutil stuff, or implicit with new 3.3 feature) are …