[Tutor] calling a superclass method after overriding it

[Alan Gauld]

"Serdar Tumgoren" <zstumgoren at gmail.com> wrote

> Is there a way to call a superclass method after I've overridden it in
> a subclass?

Yes, you can do it as you have iin __init__ using super() 

> class Child(Parent):
>    def __init__(self):
>        super(Child, self).__init__()

Or you can do it explicitly:

         Parent.__init__(self)

and:

>    def add_name(self):
> ....
>        except TypeError:
>            #default to the superclass's add_name method
               super(Child,self).add_name()
or
               Parent.add_name(self)

I tend to prefer the explicit approach since it is explicit which 
class/method is getting called, but I suspect the preferred 
mechanism nowadays is to use super()

> My key point of confusion is in the except clause: I'm not sure of the
> syntax for calling the original superclass method 

The except clause is no different to any other bit of code inside 
a method. You use exactly the same mechanisms.

HTH,


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