Python 特殊方法详解：getitem、setitem、继承与运算符重载

Noah

发布时间：2026-10-14| 6人浏览过

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本文深入解析 Python 中的核心特殊方法。通过 __getitem__ 实现序列迭代与 in 操作，利用 __setitem__ 支持赋值。介绍如何借助 collections 模块安全扩展内置类型，避免直接继承带来的陷阱。同时阐明多重继承的 MRO 机制、super() 的使用，以及不可变类型中就地运算符重载的限制与返回值要求。

1. 序列getitem

若类中未定义和方法，Python 解释器会回退调用方法。通过实现该方法，可以使得迭代操作和 in 运算符在自定义类中可用。


class Foo:
    def __getitem__(self, pos):
        return range(0, 30, 10)[pos]

f = Foo()
print(f[1])  # 10
for i in f:
    print(i)  # 0, 10, 20
# 如果没有 __iter__ 和 __contains__ 方法，
# Python 会调用 __getitem__ 方法，
# 设法让迭代和 in 运算符可用

2. setitem


import collections
Card = collections.namedtuple('Card', ['rank', 'suit'])

class FrenchDeck:
    ranks = [str(n) for n in range(2, 11)] + list('JQKA')
    suits = 'spades diamonds clubs hearts'.split()
    def __init__(self):
        self._cards = [Card(rank, suit) for suit in self.suits for rank in self.ranks]
    def __len__(self):
        return len(self._cards)
    def __getitem__(self, position):
        return self._cards[position]
	def __str__(self):
        return ",".join(str(i) for i in self._cards)
from random import shuffle
deck = FrenchDeck()
print(str(deck))
# Card(rank='2', suit='spades'),Card(rank='3', suit='spades'),Card(rank='4', suit='spades'),Card(rank='5', suit='spades'),Card(rank='6', suit='spades'),Card(rank='7', suit='spades'),Card(rank='8', suit='spades'),Card(rank='9', suit='spades'),Card(rank='10', suit='spades'),Card(rank='J', suit='spades'),Card(rank='Q', suit='spades'),Card(rank='K', suit='spades'),Card(rank='A', suit='spades'),Card(rank='2', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='3', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='4', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='5', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='6', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='7', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='8', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='9', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='10', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='J', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='Q', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='K', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='A', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='2', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='3', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='4', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='5', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='6', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='7', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='8', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='9', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='10', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='J', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='Q', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='K', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='A', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='2', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='3', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='4', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='5', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='6', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='7', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='8', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='9', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='10', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='J', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='Q', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='K', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='A', suit='hearts')
shuffle(deck)  # TypeError: 'FrenchDeck' object does not support item assignment

加入方法以支持索引赋值操作。


    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        self._cards[key] = value


shuffle(deck) 
print(str(deck))
# 牌被随机打乱了
# Card(rank='6', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='2', suit='spades'),Card(rank='3', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='A', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='7', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='Q', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='5', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='6', suit='spades'),Card(rank='5', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='8', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='K', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='Q', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='8', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='3', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='Q', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='A', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='9', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='7', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='A', suit='spades'),Card(rank='J', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='3', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='4', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='Q', suit='spades'),Card(rank='10', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='10', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='K', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='2', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='4', suit='spades'),Card(rank='3', suit='spades'),Card(rank='7', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='9', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='J', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='J', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='10', suit='spades'),Card(rank='4', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='7', suit='spades'),Card(rank='9', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='2', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='6', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='K', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='4', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='A', suit='hearts'),Card(rank='K', suit='spades'),Card(rank='2', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='J', suit='spades'),Card(rank='8', suit='spades'),Card(rank='5', suit='spades'),Card(rank='9', suit='spades'),Card(rank='10', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='8', suit='clubs'),Card(rank='6', suit='diamonds'),Card(rank='5', suit='clubs')

或者在类外部进行补丁处理，例如将函数赋值给。


def set_card(deck, position, card):
    deck._cards[position] = card

FrenchDeck.__setitem__ = set_card

3. 抽象基类


class Test:
    def __len__(self):
        return 24

from collections import abc
print(isinstance(Test(), abc.Sized)) # True

只要实现了方法，即可被识别为子类。

4. 不要直接子类化内置类型


class AnswerDict(dict):
    def __getitem__(self, key):
        return 24

ad = AnswerDict(a="good")
print(ad['a'])  # 24
d = {}
d.update(ad)
print(d['a'])  # good
print(ad)  # {'a': 'good'}
print(d)  # {'a': 'good'}

直接子类化内置类型（如 dict、list 或 str）容易出错，因为内置类型的方法通常会忽略用户覆盖的方法。

不要子类化内置类型，用户自己定义的类应该继承 collections 模块中的类，例如 UserDict、UserList 和 UserString，这些类做了特殊设计，因此易于扩展。

5. 继承顺序


import collections

class AnswerDict2(collections.UserDict):
    def __getitem__(self, key):
        return 24
ad = AnswerDict2(a="good")
print(ad['a'])  # 24
d = {}
d.update(ad)
print(d['a'])  # 24
print(ad)  # {'a': 'good'}
print(d)  # {'a': 24}