self.show() vs super().show()

Since you said, Maham, we can use self if we are not creating a child class constructor, right? Then why did you use super() instead of self here?

Copyclass BankAccount:
    def show(self):
        print("Parent show")

class SavingsAccount(BankAccount):
    def show(self):
        super().show()
        print("Child show")

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👉 why super().show() instead of self.show()?

because:

• self.show() → will call the method inside the current class first
  (and if it exists, it’ll call itself again and again → infinite loop 😵)

so if you write this:

Copydef show(self):
    self.show()

boom 💥
RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

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but super().show() → it says:

"call the parent class version of the method"

so this is how we use parent method inside the child class safely without recursion

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When to use self.show() vs super().show()?

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real case analogy:

You’re in a child class and want to use some base logic from parent’s method
but also want to extend it by adding your own lines → use super().method()