[Tutor] Subclassing a module's class.

[Francis Moore]

From: Conrad [mailto:linux-user at softhome.net] 

> class HelpFormatter(optparse.HelpFormatter):
>        def format_option(self, option):
>		print "Hello, World!"

> parser = optparse.OptionParser()
> print parser.print_help

> print_help() in optparse calls the class HelpFormatter. 
> Can anyone explain to me why it doesnt use my HelpFormatter?

Could it be because you haven't overriden print_help() in your 
class? The only function you've overridden is called 
format_option(). Try changing this function to print_help() and 
see if that works.

Cheers,
Francis. 
  
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