Coming from Java, I'm struggling a bit getting down inheritance, abstract classes, static methods and similar concepts of OO programming in Python.
I have an implementation of an expression tree class, given (simplified) by
# Generic node class
class Node(ABC):
@abstractmethod
def to_expr(self):
pass
@staticmethod
def bracket_complex(child):
s = child.to_expr()
return s if isinstance(child, Leaf) or isinstance(child, UnaryOpNode) else "(" + s + ")"
# Leaf class - used for values and variables
class Leaf(Node):
def __init__(self, val):
self.val = val
def to_expr(self):
return str(self.val)
# Unary operator node
class UnaryOpNode(Node):
def __init__(self, op, child):
self.op = op
self.child = child
def to_expr(self):
return str(self.op) + super().bracket_complex(self.child)
# Binary operator node
class BinaryOpNode(Node):
def __init__(self, op, lchild, rchild):
self.op = op
self.lchild = lchild
self.rchild = rchild
def to_expr(self):
return super().bracket_complex(self.lchild) + " " + str(self.op) + " " + super().bracket_complex(self.rchild)
# Variadic operator node (arbitrary number of arguments)
# Assumes commutative operator
class VariadicOpNode(Node):
def __init__(self, op, list_):
self.op = op
self.children = list_
def to_expr(self):
return (" " + str(self.op) + " ").join(super().bracket_complex(child) for child in self.children)
The method to_expr() works fine when called on instances of Leaf, UnaryOpNode and BinaryOpNode, but raises a TypeError when called on an instance of VariadicOpNode:
TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type
What am I doing wrong in that specific class that super() is suddenly not working?
In Java the static method would get inherited so I wouldn't even need the super call, but in Python this does not seem to be the case.