[C++-sig] Overriding c++ abstract class in python

[Stefan Seefeld]

William Ladwig wrote:
> python code:
>
> import _core
> class TestInput(_core.GenericInput):
>         def __init__(self):
>                 print("init called")
>   

Make sure to call the base class' __init__ method explicitely. Python, 
unlike C++, won't do that for you automatically:

class TestInput(_core.GenericInput):
    def __init__(self):
        super(TestInput, self).__init__()
        ...

HTH,
       Stefan

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