Questions to the FAQ

[Josef Wolf]

Scott David Daniels wrote in <40f5c8c3$1 at nntp0.pdx.net>:

>> What am I missing here?
> 
> You can't have a new-style class inherit from a classic class, nor can
> you have a new-style inherit from a classic class.  So, the "style" of
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                       swapped  here?

> a class (classic or new-style) that inherits from some other class is
> inherited.
> 
> Here is a useful lie (lie in that there are tricky ways to avoid this):
> All new-style classes eventually inherit from the builtin class
> "object", none of the old-style classes are subclasses of object.

Mybe this one and ...

Stefan Seefeld wrote in <GNXIc.4283$F57.941 at nntp-post.primus.ca>:
> the example is about how an overridden method can call the base-class
> method. For both cases the same child/parent relationship is assumed.
> The difference is in the spelling of "call the base' class method",
> which, with new-style classes uses 'super'.

... this one could be added to the FAQ?

Thanks!

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