Append code to inherited class method

Question

How would you append to the method of an inherited object? Say, for example:

class ABeautifulClass(GoodClass):
    def __init__(self, **kw):
        # some code that will override inherited code
    def aNewMethod(self):
        # do something

Now I have inherited code from GoodClass, how would I append code to an inherited method. If I inherited code from GoodClass, how would I append to it, instead of basically removing it and rewriting it. Is this possible in Python?

Answer 1

Try using super

class ABeautifulClass(GoodClass):
    def __init__(self, **kw):
        # some code that will override inherited code
    def aNewMethod(self):
        ret_val = super().aNewMethod() #The return value of the inherited method, you can remove it if the method returns None
        # do something

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