A question about Python Classes

Fri Apr 22 09:49:07 EDT 2011

Ethan Furman wrote:
> chad wrote:
>> Let's say I have the following....
>>>> class BaseHandler:
>> def foo(self):
>> print "Hello"
>>>> class HomeHandler(BaseHandler):
>> pass
>>>>>> Then I do the following...
>>>> test = HomeHandler()
>> test.foo()
>>>> How can HomeHandler call foo() when I never created an instance of
>> BaseHandler?
>> You don't need to create an instance of BaseHandler. You have the
> class, Python knows you have the class -- Python will look there if the
> subclasses lack an attribute.
>> ~Ethan~
>
Really? That's not at all how I thought it worked in Python 
(post-instantiation referencing of class and superclass code...)
Cheers.