trouble understanding inheritance...

[Fredrik Lundh]

KraftDiner wrote:

> This is not working the way I think it should....
> it would appear that fromfile and getName are calling the baseClass
> methods which are
> simple passes.... What have I done wrong?
> 
> class baseClass:
> 	def __init__(self, type):
> 		if type == 'A':
> 			self = typeA()
> 		else:
> 			self = typeB()

__init__ is not a constructor, and assigning to self doesn't change the 
type of the constructed object.

looks like you need to get a better tutorial.

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