The Art of Subclassing
All problems have simple, easy-to-understand, logical wrong answers.
Subclassing in Python is no exception. Avoid the common pitfalls
and learn everything you need to know about how subclass in Python.
- Overriding and extending
- Calling your parents
- The ellipse / circle problem -- what does a subclass mean?
- Liskov Substitution Principle
- Open Closed Principle
- The facts of life when subclassing builtin types
- How to Implement Cooperative Multiple Inheritance
- A example of perfect and simple python diamond
- Beware the Concrete C API
About the speaker
Raymond Hettinger
Python core developer.
Freelance programmer.
Married to Rachel.
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