Inheritance in Python

Inheritance is a core concept in object-oriented programming. It allows a class (child or subclass) to inherit attributes and methods from another class (parent or superclass).

This promotes code reuse: write common functionality once in the parent, and extend or specialize it in children.

We'll cover single inheritance, calling parent methods with super(), method overriding, and multiple inheritance.

Basic Inheritance

Define a child class by putting the parent name in parentheses.

Adding New Functionality

Child classes can add their own methods and attributes.

Method Overriding

Child class can provide its own version of a parent method.

Calling Parent Methods with super()

Use super() to call the parent version – useful when extending behavior.

Multiple Inheritance

A class can inherit from multiple parents (method resolution order: MRO).

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