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James Lam
James Lam

Reputation: 1269

Calling Parent __init__()

I am using Python 2.6.6.

I have narrowed down my faulty code to these 2 classes:

class Graph(object):
  def __init__(self, name):
    self.name = name
    self.testme = 3

and

class StepPlot(Graph):
  def __init__(self, name):
    print("fdasfdsf")
    print(dir(super(Graph, self)))
    super(Graph, self).__init__(name)

Unfortunately, when I instantiate a StepPlot with StepPlot('fdsfa'), I get the error

TypeError: object.__init__() takes no parameters

Shouldn't it be able to take one parameter?

Looking at

When to call Python's super().__init__()?

This class organization should work.

Am I missing something fundamentally? Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 214

Answers (1)

user2555451
user2555451

Reputation:

The first argument to super should be the class from which it is called:

super(StepPlot, self).__init__(name)

For more information, here is a link to the documentation.

Upvotes: 4

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