[Python-Dev] New Super PEP (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sun Apr 29 17:04:06 CEST 2007

On 4/28/07, James Y Knight <foom at fuhm.net> wrote:

This is only a halfway fix to DRY, and it really only fixes the less important half. The important problem with super is that it encourages people to write incorrect code by requiring that you explicitly specify an argument list. Since calling super with any arguments other than the exact same arguments you have received is nearly always wrong, requiring that the arglist be specified is an attractive nuisance.

Nearly always wrong? You must be kidding. There are tons of reasons to call your super method with modified arguments. E.g. clipping, transforming, ...

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