Omitting super(...).__init__() causes python, when RequestHandler is extended with...

diff --git a/tornado/web.py b/tornado/web.py
index 99c6858d1a1b7320e6c367bccf14d49ddca7443b..323436f8b8cc6e30253998a423508282e33df1d7 100644 (file)
--- a/tornado/web.py
+++ b/tornado/web.py
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ class RequestHandler(object):
     _template_loader_lock = threading.Lock()
 
     def __init__(self, application, request, **kwargs):
+        super(RequestHandler, self).__init__()
+        
         self.application = application
         self.request = request
         self._headers_written = False