super in Python 3 and variadic arguments

Marco Buttu marco.buttu at gmail.com
Fri Oct 11 02:15:18 EDT 2013


On 10/11/2013 04:11 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> super() with no arguments is*completely*  a hack[1], and one where GvR
> has said "Never again!" if I remember correctly. I don't think he regrets
> allowing the super compile-time magic, just that it really is magic and
> he doesn't want to make a habit of it.
>
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> [1] Which is not necessarily a bad thing!

Thanks a lot for this anecdote :)

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Marco Buttu



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