Passing parameter to base class constructor or using instance variable?
- by deamon
All classes derived from a certain base class have to define an attribute called "path". In the sense of duck typing I could rely upon definition in the subclasses:
class Base:
pass # no "path" variable here
def Sub(Base):
def __init__(self):
self.path = "something/"
Another possiblity would be to use the base class constructor:
class Base:
def __init__(self, path):
self.path = path
def Sub(Base):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__("something/")
What would you prefer and why? Is there a better way?
