Calling a base class variable from an inherited class

[CompleteNewb]

I have this little program

class Generic_Player:

    def __init__(self):
        self.hit = True

    def Bust(self):
        print(self.name + " busts.")

class Player(Generic_Player):

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def Win(self):
        print(self.name + " wins!")

    def Lose(self):
        print(self.name + " loses.")

player1 = Player("player1")

player1.Bust()
print(player1.hit)

which gives me this error

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/idlelib/run.py", line 559, in runcode
    exec(code, self.locals)
  File "/home/fook/Documents/pygame/opencv/test.py", line 43, in <module>
    print(player1.hit)
AttributeError: 'Player' object has no attribute 'hit'

Since player1 is inherited from Generic_Player, True should be printed, no?

[bowlofred]

You have to have your init call the base class init.

class Player(Generic_Player):

    def __init__(self, name):
        super().__init__()
        self.name = name

[deanhystad]

A subclass needs to call the __init__() method(s) of its superclass(es) to so they can initialize their instance variables. In this case Player.__init__() does not call GenericPlayer.__init__(). Since GenericPlaier.__init__() was never called this code was never executed:

        self.hit = True

self.hit is never assigned, so there is no "hit" attribute in player1.

To call the superclass __init__() you should use the super().__init__(self) as recommended by bowlofred. Sometimes you will see this done using the superclass name explicitly.

class Player(Generic_Player):
    def __init__(self, name):
        GenericPlayer.__init__(self)
        self.name = name

[CompleteNewb]

oh okay thanks greatly appreciated