[Python-checkins] r69414 - python/trunk/Doc/library/functions.rst
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Sat Feb 7 19:49:55 CET 2009
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sat Feb 7 19:49:54 2009
New Revision: 69414
Log:
make "super only for new-style classes" a note.
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/library/functions.rst
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/functions.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/functions.rst (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/functions.rst Sat Feb 7 19:49:54 2009
@@ -1171,8 +1171,10 @@
If the second argument is omitted the super
object returned is unbound. If the second argument is an object,
``isinstance(obj, type)`` must be true. If the second argument is a type,
- ``issubclass(type2, type)`` must be true. :func:`super` only works for
- :term:`new-style class`\es.
+ ``issubclass(type2, type)`` must be true.
+
+ .. note::
+ :func:`super` only works for :term:`new-style class`\es.
There are two typical use cases for "super". In a class hierarchy with
single inheritance, "super" can be used to refer to parent classes without
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