[Python-Dev] Things to Know About Super (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Aug 27 09:54:47 CEST 2008

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

ISTR pointing out on more than one occasion that a major use case for co-operative super() is in the implementation of metaclasses. The init and new signatures are fixed, multiple inheritance is possible, and co-operativeness is a must

Do you have a real-life example of this where multiple inheritance is actually used?

A non-contrived example or two would be a good thing to have in tutorials etc. where super() is discussed. It would help to convey the kinds of situations in which use of super() is and is not appropriate.

-- Greg

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