[Python-ideas] Required to call superclass __init__

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Tue Nov 13 10:12:46 CET 2007


On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 12:23:40AM -0700, Neil Toronto wrote:
> I've got a working prototype metaclass and class instance 
> (require_super) and decorator (super_required).

   Chicken and egg problem, in my eyes. If the user is clever enough to use
the class and the decorator isn't she clever enough to call inherited
__init__?

Oleg.
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