Python __init__ syntax

Question

While learning Python I\'m having some confusion over the syntax of the initialization of classes using inheritance. In various examples I\'ve seen something like the following

Answer 1

Generally passing parent is not something that's required, only when the parent class's constructor explicitly needs such an argument. This is used in some hierarchies, such as PyQt.

And a good idiom of parent class initialization is to use super:

class Child(Father):
  def __init__(self):
    super(Child, self).__init__()