refering to base classes

[Steve Holden]

glenn wrote:
> Hi Roberto
> 
>>If you want dog.voice() to just print "voice: bark", you just have to omit
>>the voice method for the dog class: it will be inherited from creature.
>>
> 
> I would have thought this would be correct, but in this case, plus in
> others im playin with, I get this issue:
> -----------------------
> given animal.py is:
> class creature:
>     def __init__(self):
>         self.noise=""
>     def voice(self):
>         return "voice:" + self.noise
> 
> class dog(creature):
>     def __init__(self):
>         self.noise="bark"
> 
> then I get this outcome...
> 
>>>>import animal
>>>>beagle=animal.dog
[...]

Shouldn't that be

beagle = animal.dog()

to create an instance?

We've all done it ...

regards
  Steve
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