How to call function on base class?

Question

extends "cannon_base.gd"

# Override
func catch(avatar):
    # How can I call the base function from cannon_base?

Answer 1

From http://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/reference/gdscript.html#referencing-functions:

To call a function in a base class (i.e. one extend-ed in your current class), prepend . to the function name:
.basefunc(args)

So it's

func catch(avatar):
    .catch(avatar)

Comments

Beware the note on that docs page:

Default functions like _init, and most notifications such as _enter_tree, _exit_tree, _process, _physics_process, etc. are called in all parent classes automatically. There is no need to call them explicitly when overloading them.

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This information is all accurate for Godot 3, but in Godot 4 this information has changed.

From https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_basics.html:

To call a function in a super class (i.e. one extend-ed in your current class), use the super keyword:

super(args)

Additionally in Godot 4, default functions are no longer called in all parent classes automatically. You must call them explicitly when overloading them.