__init__() not called automatically

[Sakesun Roykiattisak]

Wow.. Andrew Koenig.. I found your name in many c++ books I read.  Never 
know you are hanging around in python python mailing-list.
(or perhaps python newsgroup, whatever it is)

Thanks for the explanation.

Andrew Koenig wrote:

>"Sakesun Roykiattisak" <sakesun at boonthavorn.com> wrote in message 
>news:mailman.122.1117088782.18027.python-list at python.org...
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>>Does c++ call base class constructor automatically ??
>>If I'm not wrong, in c++ you also have to call base class constructor 
>>explicitly.
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>In C++, if you don't call a base-class constructor (I am saying "a" rather 
>than "the" because there might be more than one direct base class), it is 
>called automatically with no arguments.  The only case in which you must 
>call it explicitly is if it will not accept an empty argument list.
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