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Matt Brake
9,799 PointsTask 2 passes without overriding __new__()
Why does this pass even though I'm not overriding new()?
If I'm not doing this correctly what do I need to do?
class Double (int):
def add(self, value):
self += value
return self
2 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsVery interesting question! Without explicitly overwriting __init__, the inherited method int.__init__() will be run. Apparently, the running the inherited __init__ is sufficient to pass Task 2. But then you would end up explicitly adding the missing __init__ to solve Task 3.
Tagging Kenneth Love to review if having no __init__ present is Task 2 is acceptable.
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherThat'll pass task 1 and 2 because those two tasks are just creating a subclass. Your add() is 100% superfluous and ignored in the challenge, btw.
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherAdded a check for def __new__ in step 2.