super question

[Aahz]

In article <Qdpka.2889$Zu2.2627 at news01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net>,
Lee Harr  <missive at hotmail.com> wrote:
>In article <b6soav$7p2$1 at panix1.panix.com>, Aahz wrote:
>> 
>>     class b(object):
>>         pass
>
>From the super docs ;o)  it says you might do this:
>
>    class C(B):
>        def meth(self, arg):
>            super(C, self).meth(arg)
>
>but why not just do:
>
>    class C(B):
>        def meth(self, arg):
>            B.meth(self, arg)
>
>Is there any difference?
>Any advantage either way?

The advantage comes when you rename B or when you have multiple base
classes for C.
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