Kindly explain why we put Object in the bracket
can someone kindly explain the function of the word object in the bracket here > and an instance where if we dont put in Object what happens?
class BankAccount(Object):
as seen in the lecture video
inplace of object can we use another word?
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Hey Chukwunonso,
Thank you for reaching out!
In the Inheritance lecture, Giles mentions that 'object is a built-in class template from which all other classes inherit'. Therefore, the Patient class inherits everything from the built-in object class. As written in Python's documentation, object() returns a new featureless object. An instance of such a featureless object is created below:
Hope this helps!
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365 Hristina