Override add_item in Super! Task 2 of 3 (and cf override init in characters.py)

Question

I'm not sure what this is asking. In characters.py there were 2 inits in Thief(Character) the 1st of which was used to add the attribute sneaky. I'm not sure how to override a method in the superclass and then have it still run in the subclass. And why would you want to do that?

inventory.py

class Inventory:
    def __init__(self):
        self.slots = []

    def add_item(self, item):
        self.slots.append(item)

class SortedInventory(Inventory):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init(item)

Answer 1 · 2018-04-12T06:21:06Z

April 12, 2018 6:21am

Hello Watson, The Task asking to override the add_item() function, when you call super(), it is not necessary to override the init() funtion, with super you can override any function from the parent class

super().add_item(item)

Of course for this you need to create an add_item() function in the child class to in order to be able to override the parent method

def add_item(item):
    super().add_item(item)

What you tried it's the init() method but the quiz doesn't ask that. Another thing in the future when you overide a buildin function or magic method, you should use "_" in both sides

__init__()

otherwise if you let just the first 2 "__" that will create a protected method or variable if you use for variables

__name of the function or variable

I hope it was for your help. Happy coding.

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Override add_item in Super! Task 2 of 3 (and cf override init in characters.py)

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