Answer by hynekcer for The *args and **kwds in python super call
A variability is nicer and more intuitive than this Snake(False, True, 3): Snake("Python", constrictor=True, poisonous=False) Animal("Snail") # Snail has a foot but no leg. Defaults are good for it. #...
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In Snake.__init__, args is a tuple of all positional arguments after poisonous and kwds is a dict of all the keyword arguments apart from poisonous. By calling super(Snake,self).__init__(args,kwds) you...
View ArticleAnswer by Simeon Visser for The *args and **kwds in python super call
In short: def __init__(self,poisonous,*args,**kwds): means: capture positional arguments in a tuple args and keyword arguments in a dictionary kwds. Similarly, super(Snake,self).__init__(*args, **kwds)...
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I am trying to understand the use of *args and **kwds when creating subclasses in Python. I want to understand why this code behaves the way it does. If I leave out the *args and **kwds in a call to...
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