[Python-Dev] Problem with super() usage (original) (raw)

Jean-Paul Calderone exarkun at divmod.com
Tue Jul 18 15:24:57 CEST 2006

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:10:11 -0400, Scott Dial <scott+python-dev at scottdial.com> wrote:

Greg Ewing wrote:

Guido van Rossum wrote:

In the world where cooperative multiple inheritance originated (C++), this would be a static error.

I wasn't aware that C++ had anything resembling super(). Is it a recent addition to the language? It is much more explicit, but you call the function from the superclass's namespace: [snip - something totally unlike super] C++ has no concept of MRO, so "super()" would be completely ambiguous.

I think this was Greg's point. Talking about C++ and super() is nonsensical.

Jean-Paul

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