Subclass

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Explains inheritance terminology, syntax, specialization, and a shape hierarchy, but does not catalog advanced inheritance mechanics.

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A child class is a class that inherits attributes or behavior from a parent class.

A subclass lets related classes share behavior without repeating code. It inherits from a parent class, then adds or modifies attributes and behavior for a more specific role. section 4.1.3

A practical inheritance design typically involves:

Defining a parent or base class with shared functionality. section 4.1.3
Declaring the subclass with the parent class in parentheses. section 4.1.3
Adding specialized behavior or overriding inherited behavior while preserving common functionality. section 4.1.3

Shapes on a screen

A Shape class can provide shared position, colors, and movement data. Rectangle and Circle subclasses supply shape-specific drawing, while Square extends Rectangle and calls super().__init__() with equal width and height. section 4.1.3

class ParentClass:
    pass
 
class ChildClass(ParentClass):
    pass

Compare the minimal Python syntax for a parent class and its subclass. section 4.1.3

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