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Python Object-Oriented Python Inheritance Super!

Ryan McGuire
Ryan McGuire
3,758 Points
Posted by Ryan McGuire
Ryan McGuire
3,758 Points

Stuck again, sorry, I don't understand why questions show up below the lectures but not below the quizzes.

If anyone can offer feedback on where I went wrong. I am unfortunately guessing a little because the previous video didn't provide many examples or exercises before getting to this one.

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

    def add_item(self, item):
        self.slots.append(item)
        super()
class SortedInventory(Inventory):
        def __init__(self,*args, **kwargs):
            super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

It looks like you've passed task 1 already. Good so far.

The instructions for task 2 say "Now override the add_item method.", but the code shown here is overriding "__init__" instead.

Ryan McGuire
Ryan McGuire
3,758 Points
Ryan McGuire
Ryan McGuire
3,758 Points

Thanks, still not there. I did not really understand what they meant by override.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

An "override" is a method that has the same name as a method of the super class. But the issue here is that the method implemented has the wrong name.