overriding methods - two questions

[Donn Ingle]

>This may help (on an old Python version):
>>>> class Sam: pass
>>>> class Judy:
> ...    def foo(self): pass
> ...
>>>> children = [Sam(), Judy(), Sam()]
>>>> for child in children: hasattr(child, "foo")
> ...
> False
> True
> False

That's not what my tests are showing. While Sam has no foo, it's coming from
(in my OP) Child (which is the parent class), so hasattr(Sam(),"foo") is
returning True.

/d