How to invoke the super constructor in Python?

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In line with the other answers, there are multiple ways to call super class methods (including the constructor), however in Python-3.x the process has been simplified:

Python-3.x

class A(object):
 def __init__(self):
   print("world")

class B(A):
 def __init__(self):
   print("hello")
   super().__init__()

Python-2.x

In python 2.x, you have to call the slightly more verbose version super(<containing classname>, self), which is equivalent to super()as per the docs.

class A(object):
 def __init__(self):
   print "world"

class B(A):
 def __init__(self):
   print "hello"
   super(B, self).__init__()

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