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Determine whether a method was overridden
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Is the following a good idea, to determine whether a method was overridden with something "real" (and so is not more an "abstract" method which should not be called)?


class Base(object):
    def f(self):
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def hasF(self):
        return self.f != Base.f

class Derived(Base):
    def f(self):
        pass
Or should I instead explicitly define hasF()?

class Base(object):
    def f(self):
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def hasF(self):
        return False

class Derived(Base):
    def f(self):
        pass

    def hasF(self):
        return True

Hm, I've realized that self.f != Base.f does not do what it should. How to check if a method was overridden?
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Determine whether a method was overridden - by porton - Nov-14-2016, 05:49 PM

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