Bug with super() and reload()?

[Thomas Heller]

I stumbled over the following problem with super() and reload().

Consider this module:

---- file mod.py ----
class X(object):
    def test(self):
        print "X.test"

class Y(X):
    def test(self):
        print "Y.test"
        super(Y, self).test()
---- EOF ----

then, running this code:

---- the script ----
import mod

Y = mod.Y

reload(mod)

y = Y()
y.test()
---- EOF ----

prints this traceback:

    Y.test
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 8, in ?
      File "mod.py", line 8, in test
        super(Y, self).test()
    TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type

Thinking hard, I can understand why this traceback occurs: The object
'y' is not an instance of the 'Y' refered to in the source code.

Should this be considered a bug, or is it simply a wart, and reload
should be avoided?

Thomas