[Tutor] Using superclass __init__ method

[Jan Eden]

Hi,

I just noticed that in the following environment:

class Base:
    def __init__(self):
        ...

class Child(Base):
    pass
    
the following statement:

child = Child()

would automatically execute the superclass __init__ method. This is exactly what I was looking for - but in the Cookbook, I found several suggestions on how to actively force the invocation of the superclass __init__.

Is this behvaiour documented?

Thanks,

Jan
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