[Python-Dev] Problems with the new super() (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri May 2 04:07:42 CEST 2008


Guido van Rossum wrote:

The alternative would be to make it a keyword, which seemed excessive (plus, it would be odd if super() were a keyword when self is not).

If it's really such a useful thing as to warrant so much magic to support it, then I think it deserves to have a keyword.

Conversely, I would say that if it doesn't deserve a keyword, it also doesn't deserve that much magic.

-- Greg



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