[Tutor] Inheriting from parent object

[Pujo Aji]

if you want to copy object just use:
import copy
newobj = copy.deepcopy(objparent)
 or just create object which has direct correlation with the parent like:
newobj = objparent
 Cheers,
pujo
 On 11/14/05, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at freenet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I want to create a property that will inherit it's value from the same
> > property in it's parent object, but will check it's parent's propety
> > everytime it is called. But that can be over-ridden, and I don't have
> > to know what the objects parent is.
>
> Ed you are using a lot of OOP terminology here to decribe
> something that looks decidedly non OOP. Can you clarify exactly
> what you mean by the terms:
> object, property, inherit and parent.
>
> Also can you describe the problem you are trying to solve rather than
> the solution you think you need? It may be that there is a simpler
> paradigm you can use. I'm not sure I really understand what you
> are trying to achieve.
>
> > object.x = 3
> > object.subobject.x = inherit()
> > print object.subobject.x #prints 3
> > object.x = 4
> > print object.subobject.x #prints 4
> > object.subobject.x = 5
> > print object.subobject.x #prints 5
>
> object it the built-in object class that provides new-style classes,
> is that theone you are using here? Or is it just a generic name for
> illustration? Is object an instance or a class?
>
> > What could I put in the inherit() function that would look for the
> > same property of it's parent and return that, whilst keeping it as
> > general as possible?
>
> I also don't understand what the inherit() function is supposed to do.
> You provide it with no context in which to operate.
> Unless it relies on hard coded global variables there is no
> way it can know about object, subobject or x.
>
> Normal OOP inheritance relies on creating instances from classes,
> but you don't appear to want to do that, it looks more like you
> are building some kind of containment lattice. I think I need more
> background.
>
> Alan G
> Author of the learn to program web tutor
> http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
>
>
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