module.__init__() takes at most 2 arguments error in Python
Solution 1
module.__init__() takes at most 2 arguments (3 given)
This means that you are trying to inherit from a module, not from a class. In fact, datasets.imdb
is a module; datasets.imdb.imdb
is your class.
You need to change your code so that it looks like this:
class imagenet(datasets.imdb.imdb):
def __init__(self, image_set, devkit_path=None):
datasets.imdb.imdb.__init__(self, image_set)
Solution 2
Here's another possible cause...
If you have an __init__.py
file, make sure you import the super class before the derived ones.
Here's the WRONG way to do it:
from mymodule.InheritedA import InheritedA
from mymodule.InheritedB import InheritedB
from mymodule.Parent import Parent
The above will give an error:
TypeError: module.__init__() takes at most 2 arguments (3 given)
However this will work:
from mymodule.Parent import Parent
from mymodule.InheritedA import InheritedA
from mymodule.InheritedB import InheritedB
For example the file InheritedA.py might be:
from mymodule import Parent
class InheritedA(Agent):
def __init__(self):
pass
def overridden_method(self):
print('overridden!!')
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I have 3 files, factory_imagenet.py, imdb.py and imagenet.py
factory_imagenet.py has:
import datasets.imagenet
It also has a function call as
datasets.imagenet.imagenet(split,devkit_path)) ...
imdb.py has:
class imdb(object): def __init__(self, name): self._name = name ...
imagenet.py has:
import datasets import datasets.imagenet import datasets.imdb
It also has
class imagenet(datasets.imdb): def __init__(self, image_set, devkit_path=None): datasets.imdb.__init__(self, image_set)
All three files are in the datasets folder.
When I am running another script that interacts with these files, I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/train_faster_rcnn_alt_opt.py", line 19, in <module> from datasets.factory_imagenet import get_imdb File "/mnt/data2/abhishek/py-faster-rcnn/tools/../lib/datasets/factory_imagenet.py", line 12, in <module> import datasets.imagenet File "/mnt/data2/abhishek/py-faster-rcnn/tools/../lib/datasets/imagenet.py", line 21, in <module> class imagenet(datasets.imdb): TypeError: Error when calling the metaclass bases module.__init__() takes at most 2 arguments (3 given)
What is the problem here and what is the intuitive explanation to how to solve such inheritance problems?