Overloading __init__ & Function overloading

[Steve Holden]

Iyer, Prasad C wrote:
> I am new to python.
> I have few questions
> a. Is there something like function overloading in python?

Not in the same way as Java: you can't write several functions and have 
the compiler or run-rime system work out which one to call according to 
argument types. Don't forget that Python is so dynamic that the types of 
a function's arguments may vary between successive iterations of the 
same statement.

> b. Can I overload __init__ method
> 
The normal way to do this is to have the subclass's __init__ call the 
superclass's __init__, usually right at the start.

When you get deeply into Python you will learn that you even call a 
function to determine the right superclass on which to call __init__.

What is "super()"?

regards
  Steve
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