[Python-3000] super(): issues [Was: Removing 'self' from method definitions]

[Giovanni Bajo]

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

>> I'll also point people to this page, which contains a very accurate
>> description of the issues with super:
>> http://fuhm.net/super-harmful/
>
> Hmm, the reference to Dylan's next method (along with a few other
> comments in this thread) makes me believe a magic autosuper()
> equivalent would really need to be based on a thread-local context,
> rather than any kind of static code analysis.
>
> An interesting point is that being able to call the "next method" for
> generic functions has exactly the same problem.

Right. Part of the problems would be solved if we forced keyword arguments only
in super calls (as everything else is really a latent bug), and if we had an
implicit, defaul tway of "doing the right thing" with super (that is,
forwarding everything).

Giovanni Bajo