[Python-Dev] Classes and Metaclasses in Smalltalk (original) (raw)

Thomas Heller thomas.heller@ion-tof.com
Wed, 2 May 2001 16:06:39 +0200

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guido wrote:

> > class MyClass (BaseClass): > > def foo (self, arg1, arg2): > > super.foo(arg1, arg2) > > I'm sure that's everybody's favorite way to spell it! not mine. my brain contains far too much Python 1.5.2 code for it to accept that some variables are dynamically scoped, while others are lexically scoped. why not spell it out: self.super.foo(arg1, arg2) or self.super.foo(arg1, arg2) or super(self).foo(arg1, arg2) IMO we still need to specify the class, and there we are:

 super(self, MyClass).foo(arg1, arg2)

Thomas