[Patches] [ python-Patches-1727209 ] First steps towards new super (PEP 367)

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Patches item #1727209, was opened at 2007-05-28 22:30
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Category: Core (C code)
Group: Python 3000
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Assigned to: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Summary: First steps towards new super (PEP 367)

Initial Comment:
A half-assed start of an implementation for super.

This is lacking parser support; instead, for now, you have to have a keyword-only argument named super, e.g.

def foo(self, arg, *, super):
    return super.foo(arg) + 1

Note that the first version changes method lookup for bound method lookup but not yet for unbound method lookup.  E.g. if f is defined in class B, and class C derives from B, C().f returns a bound method object whose im_class attribute is set to B (as opposed to C as it used to be) but C.f returns an unbound method object with im_class set to C.  (I hope to this in a later version.)

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>Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2007-05-31 07:45

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Oops, a last-minute change didn't work out.  This version is better.
File Added: super.diff

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2007-05-31 07:24

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Here's a version that modifies the grammar so 'super' is a keyword. The
compiler automatically inserts a 'super' keyword-only argument into a
function's signature when the 'super' keyword is used in its body.  It
works!

This requires the p3yk branch at -r55692 or newer.
File Added: super.diff

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2007-05-29 02:08

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Here's a new version.  Forget about sup.py, the demos are now in
Lib/test/test_super.py.

Only a few tests fail due to the semantic change (about six files have 1-2
failures each).  I think this is acceptable.

File Added: super.diff

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2007-05-28 23:23

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And a new sup.py example demonstrating that the new patch works.
File Added: sup.py

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2007-05-28 23:22

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Here's a new version of the patch where C.f.im_class (in the above
example) correctly returns B.
File Added: super.diff

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2007-05-28 22:31

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Here is sup.py, a small demo of how this is supposed to work.
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