How does Python pass __init__ parameters with multiple inheritance

Question

I have this code, showing a classic diamond pattern:

class A:
    def __init__( self, x ):
        print( \"A:\" + x )


class B( A ):
    def __init__( self         


        

Answer 1

Python uses the C3 linearization algorithm to establish the method resolution order, which is the same order that super delegates in.

Basically, the algorithm keeps lists for every class containing that class and every class it inherits from, for all classes that the class in question inherits from. It then constructs an ordering of classes by taking classes that aren't inherited by any unexamined classes one by one, until it reaches the root, object. Below, I use O for object for brevity:

L(O) = [O]

L(A) = [A] + merge(L(O), [O]) = [A, O]

L(B) = [B] + merge(L(A), [A]) = [B] + merge([A, O], [A]) = [B, A] + merge([O]) 
     = [B, A, O]

L(C) = [C] + merge(L(A), [A]) = [C] + merge([A, O], [A]) = [C, A] + merge([O]) 
     = [C, A, O]

L(D) = [D] + merge(L(B), L(C), [B, C]) = [D] + merge([B, A, O], [C, A, O], [B, C])
     = [D, B] + merge([A, O], [C, A, O], [C]) = [D, B, C] + merge([A, O], [A, O])
     = [D, B, C, A, O]