What are super()'s semantics?

[Steve Holden]

Maric Michaud wrote:
> Le lundi 04 septembre 2006 22:29, Carl Banks a écrit :
> 
>>BTW, __class__ is available to instances.  (Were you thinking of
>>__bases__?)
> 
> 
> hmmm, I guess they're not the same, are they ?
> 
> but you're right, __bases__ and some others are class attributes not available 
> in instances,  I wonder where is this documented and I'm not enough familiar 
> with python' source code to find this.
> 
> Also this create weird  things, like a code posted on this list, which was 
> very confusing  and looked to something like :
> 
> In [24]: class A(object) :
>    ....:     __class__ = list
>    ....:
>    ....:
> 
> In [25]: A.__class__
> Out[25]: <type 'type'>
> 
> In [26]: A().__class__
> Out[26]: <type 'list'>
> 
> In [27]: isinstance(A(), list) # ouch !
> Out[27]: True
> 
> In [29]: type(A())
> Out[29]: <class '__main__.A'>
> 
> In [30]: type(A()).mro()
> Out[30]: [<class '__main__.A'>, <type 'object'>]
> 
> 
You are beginning to appreciate the meaning of the phrase "Python is a 
language for use by consenting adults". The general philosophy is to 
provide a coherent and easily-used framework in the expectation that 
users will not shoot themselves in the foot (too often).

regards
  Steve
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