16.18. OOP Inheritance About¶

Used to avoid code duplication

parent¶
superclass¶
base class¶: Class from other classes inherits
child¶
subclass¶: Class which inherits from parent
inherit¶
derive¶: Class takes attributes and methods from parent.

16.18.1. One Child¶

>>> class Parent:
...     pass
>>>
>>>
>>> class Child(Parent):
...     pass

16.18.2. Many Children¶

>>> class Account:
...     pass
>>>
>>>
>>> class User(Account):
...     pass
>>>
>>> class Admin(Account):
...     pass

16.18.3. Use Case - 0x01¶

>>> class Iris:
...     pass
>>>
>>>
>>> class Setosa(Iris):
...     pass
>>>
>>> class Versicolor(Iris):
...     pass
>>>
>>> class Virginica(Iris):
...     pass