Subclassing datetime.date does not seem to work
Christian Heimes
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Fri Apr 25 17:43:30 EDT 2008
Rick King schrieb:
> I would like to subclass datetime.date so that I can write:
>
> d = date2('12312008')
>
> I tried:
>
> from datetime import date
> class date2(date):
> def __init__( self, strng ):
> mm,dd,yy = int(strng[:2]), int(strng[2:4]), int(strng[4:])
> date.__init__(self,yy,mm,dd)
>
> But then this statement:
> d = date2('12312008')
>
> Causes:
> TypeError: function takes exactly 3 arguments (1 given)
>
> Is there something basically wrong with subclassing date?
> -Rick King
datetime.date is a C extension class. Subclassing of extension classes
may not always work as you'd expect it.
Christian
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