Re: Overloading __init__ & Function overloading



"Iyer, Prasad C" <prasad.c.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> But I want to do something like this
>
> class BaseClass:
> def __init__(self):
> # Some code over here
> def __init__(self, a, b):
> # Some code over here
> def __init__(self, a, b, c):
> # some code here

You can only use one __init__ method. You'd have it count the args:

class BaseClass:
def __init__(self, *args):
if len(args) == 2:
a, b = args
# some code
elif len(args) == 3:
a, b, c = args
# more code
.