style question: anything wrong with super(type(self), self).f() ?

[Tom Anderson]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Adam Monsen wrote:

> Is there anything wrong with using something like super(type(self), 
> self).f() to avoid having to hardcode a type?

What happens when that method gets called by an overriding method in a 
derived class?

> For example:
>
> class A(object):
>    def f(self):
>        print "in A.f()"
>
> class B(A):
>    def f(self):
>        super(type(self), self).f()
>
> obj = A()
> obj.f() # prints "in A.f()"

Continuing your example:

class C(B):
 	def f(self):
 	super(type(self), self).f()

obj = C()
obj.f()

Think about what's going to happen. Then try it!

> By "wrong" I mean, is there any reason why this is just a Bad Idea?

That rather depends if the behaviour i demonstrate above is useful to you.

:)

> Seems helpful to me, if I change the name of the 'B' class, I don't have 
> to change super() calls as well.

It would indeed be very useful.

tom

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