Aug 29, 2012 · Here we have __init__, a typical initializer of Python class instances, which receives arguments as a typical instance method, having the first non-optional argument (self) …

What do single and double leading underscores before an object's name represent in Python?

Sep 16, 2008 · How do I create class (i.e. static) variables or methods in Python?

Feb 23, 2009 · In Python 2, we were required to call super like this with the defining class's name and self, but we'll avoid this from now on because it's redundant, slower (due to the name …

Sep 26, 2008 · What is the difference between a method decorated with @staticmethod and one decorated with @classmethod?

Why is cls sometimes used instead of self as an argument in Python classes? For example: class Person: def __init__(self, firstname, lastname): self.firstname = firstname self.

Nov 3, 2015 · What's the difference? SomeBaseClass.__init__(self) means to call SomeBaseClass 's __init__. while super().__init__() means to call a bound __init__ from the …

Sep 22, 2010 · It's unfortunate that the answers all seem to answer the question "How do I serialize a class?" rather than the action question "How do I make a class serializable?" These …

In Python, a class specifies how the class's instance will behave. Since metaclasses are in charge of class generation, you can write your own custom metaclasses to change how classes are …

In Python, sequences are iterable too so one way to make an iterable class is to make it behave like a sequence, i.e. give it __getitem__ and __len__ methods. I have tested this on Python 2 …