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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:
>
> =A0 =A0do_GET =3D 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