Possibly a stupid question regarding Python Classes

[Gonçalo Rodrigues]

On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:18:29 -0500, "Adonis" <deltapigz at telocity.com>
wrote:

>Is this even possible:
>
>class Foo:
>    def Bar(self):
>        print 'Foo'
>
>class Fib(Foo):
>    def Bar(self):
>        # do the original Foo.Bar()
>        # NOTE: w/o needing to instantiate Foo
>        # then do:
>        print 'Bar'
>
>So in essence I want to override the Bar function, but as well do what it
>would if it were instantiated. I know I could instantiate Foo prior to
>printing Bar, but was wondering if there was a way to keep it within the
>same process.
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>Adonis
>

In the 2.2 new-style class world you can use

super(Fib, self).Bar()

To call your super class's implementation of the Bar method.

HTH,
Gonçalo Rodrigues