A better self

[Duncan Booth]

Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote in 
news:3D2BD37D.8CF82AE at alcyone.com:

> Matt Gerrans wrote:
> 
>> In keeping with that concept, '..' would be referring to the base
>> class
>> (equivalent to java's "super").
> 
> I think that's definitely mixing metaphors.  For one thing, which base
> class?  Python supports multiple inheritance.
> 
Python already has a 'super' which works properly with multiple 
inheritance, so presumably it would be a shorthand for super with 
appropriate arguments rather than referring to a specific base class.

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Duncan Booth                                             duncan at rcp.co.uk
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