Inheriting from object

[Steven Bethard]

Bengt Richter wrote:
> I wonder if the above common use of super could be implemented as a property of object,
> so you'd normally inherit it and be able to write
>     self.super.__init__(*args, **kwargs)  # (maybe spell it self.__super__.__init__(...) I suppose)
> 
> I.e., self.__super__ would effectively return the equivalent of
>     super(type(self), self)
> 
> (I think Michele Simionato may have posted some idea like this early on that
> I didn't really follow, but maybe my subconscious snagged and garbled ;-)

Here's the link I believe you're referring to:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/0034684c138cf9f3

Probably worth reading for anyone interested in making super syntax 
"look prettier".  Basically Michele shows that the current super() 
object fails in a number of ways when you try to make it a class attribute.

STeVe