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Re: super() in class defs?

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date Wed, 25 May 2011 12:31:33 -0600
Subject Re: super() in class defs?
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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Jess Austin <jess.austin@gmail.com> wrote:
> So I guess that when super() is called in the context of a class def
> rather than that of a method def, it doesn't have the information it
> needs. Now I'll probably just say:
>
>    do_GET = do_decorate(CGIHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET)
>
> but I wonder if there is a "correct" way to do this instead? Thanks!

I would recommend against using super() in general.

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

Cheers,
Ian

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super() in class defs? Jess Austin <jess.austin@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 10:54 -0700
  Re: super() in class defs? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 12:31 -0600
    Re: super() in class defs? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-25 21:40 +0000
      Re: super() in class defs? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 17:31 -0600
        Re: super() in class defs? Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-05-25 16:45 -0700

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