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

In your example the variable "parent" is misleading. Simply the parent class COULD require additional arguments that must be provided

class Pet:
    def __init__(self,name):
        self.name = name

class Dog(Pet):
    def __init__(self,name,age):
        Pet.__init__(self,name)
        self.age = age

In this example the parent class Pet requires an attribute (name), and the child class provides it

As pointed out, use "super" syntax to call parent classes methods