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Start your free trialHoratiu Banciu
12,835 Pointssuper in a class with no parrent class
Ok soo in the Sneaky class in the init method there's this super call
class Sneaky:
sneaky = True
def __init__(self, sneaky=True, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.sneaky = sneaky
def hide(self, light_level):
return self.sneaky and light_level < 10
but there's no parent class so why does he use it? is he trying to call the __init__
method of the object class? is there any reason at all to do that?
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsGood question! Kenneth designed the class Sneaky
so that it can be used as a βmix-inβ class. As a mix-in class, it is intended to be used before other inherited classes and not as the sole inherited class. Without the super()
, any __init__
in a class following
sneaky
would not be run.
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!
Horatiu Banciu
12,835 PointsHoratiu Banciu
12,835 Pointssoo the mix-in classes could be seen as extensions to the base class?
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsCorrect.
Horatiu Banciu
12,835 PointsHoratiu Banciu
12,835 Pointsthank you!