__init__ concerns

[Erik Max Francis]

Peter Wang wrote:

> what is the proper python
> idiom (or, failing that, the proper technique) for ensuring that a
> subclass instance is properly initialized, especially when details of
> the base class are unknown?

I don't understand the circumstances under which the arguments to a base
class constructor would be unknown.  You're not picking base classes at
random, a class will require a certain base class and will be dependent
on it.  Therefore, it will know the necessary arguments to pass to its
constructor.

Under what circumstances would you truly not know?

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