title: How do I initialize the base (super) class?
body: <p>In Python, consider I have the following code:</p>
  <pre><code>class SuperClass(object):
      def __init__(self, x):
          self.x = x
          
  class SubClass(SuperClass):
      def __init__(self, y):
          self.y = y
          # how do I initialize the SuperClass __init__ here?
  </code></pre>
  <p>How do I initialize the <code>SuperClass __init__</code> in the subclass? I am following the Python tutorial and it doesn't cover that. When I searched on Google, I found more than one way of doing. What is the standard way of handling this?</p>