"Super()" confusion

[Jean-Paul Calderone]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:20:05 -0800 (PST), Lionel <lionel.keene at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello. I've been scouring the web looking for something to clear up a
>little confusion about the use of "super()" but haven't found anything
>that really helps. Here's my simple example:
>
> [snip]
>
>"super(Child,self).__init__(filePath)
>TypeError: super() argument 1 must be type, not classobj"
>
>What have I done wrong? Thanks in advance for any help.

Consider whether you really need to use super().

http://fuhm.net/super-harmful/

Jean-Paul