[Tutor] subclass of list

[Bob Gailer]

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In the latest Python one can subclass types, such as list.
What is the benefit? What can one do with an instance of a subclass of list?
I'd like to think that, given:

class MyList(list):
   def __init__(self, list)
     self.list = list
x = MyList([3,4])

x[0] would then return 3?

Bob Gailer
mailto:ramrom@earthling.net
303 442 2625

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