Classes, virtual methods ?

[Erik Max Francis]

Rony wrote:

> if you have :
> 
> Class A:
>    def foo():
>        print "in class A"
> Class B(A):
>    def foo()
>        print "in class B"
> 
> m = B()
> print m.foo()
> 
> You get 'in class B'
> 
> Now my question
> 
> Is there a way of calling foo of the master class of B with an
> instance of B
> I think this is called virtual methods ?

"Virtual" usually applies to the overriding of methods in subclasses,
which in Python is implicit (as you see here; calling m.foo() calls B's
foo, not A's).

> Something like (in another language)
> print m::A:foo()
> wich would give 'in class A'

You'd write

	A.foo(m)

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