Should one always add super().__init__() to the __init__?

[Ramchandra Apte]

On Saturday, 29 September 2012 22:47:20 UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano  wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 06:27:47 -0700, Ramchandra Apte wrote:
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> > Should one always add super().__init__() to the __init__? The reason for
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> > this is the possibility of changing base classes (and forgetting to
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> > update the __init__).
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> No. Only add code that works and that you need. Arbitrarily adding calls 
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> to the superclasses "just in case" may not work:
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> py> class Spam(object):
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> ...     def __init__(self, x):
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> ...             self.x = x
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> ...             super(Spam, self).__init__(x)
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> ...
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> py> x = Spam(1)
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> Traceback (most recent call last):
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>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
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>   File "<stdin>", line 4, in __init__
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> TypeError: object.__init__() takes no parameters
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> Steven

I forgot something:
I meant super().__init__() or similar