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Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'?

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Date Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:38:42 -0700
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On 06/26/2013 04:54 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:14:44 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
>
>> On 06/23/2013 11:50 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>>> What else would you call a function that does lookups on the current
>>> object's superclasses?
>>
>> Well, I would call it super().  Trouble is, that is not all that super()
>> does.  Going back to Ian's example:
>>
>>> On 06/23/2013 10:08 AM, Ian Kelly wrote:
>>>>
>>>> class Base1(object):
>>>>      def __init__(self, foo, **kwargs):
>>>>         super(Base1, self).__init__(**kwargs)
>>>>
>>>> class Base2(object):
>>>>      def __init__(self, bar, **kwargs):
>>>>         super(Base2, self).__init__(**kwargs)
>>>>
>>>> class Derived(Base1, Base2):
>>>>      def __init__(self, **kwargs):
>>>>         super(Derived, self).__init__(**kwargs)
>>
>> Notice how Base1 calls super(), but depending on circumstances, it could
>> by Base2 that super() calls.  Surely you are not suggesting that Base2
>> is therefore an ancestor of Base1?
>
> No. But "the current object" is not Base1, but an instance of Derived,
> and Base2 *is* an ancestor of Derived. Perhaps if I had said "self"
> instead of current object, you wouldn't have made this error. If so, I
> apologise for confusing you.

No apology necessary.  I understand both inheritance and super fairly well, and you did not confuse me.


> When your inheritance chain begins from an instance of Base1, Base2
> methods will never be called. It is only when the chain begins from
> Derived that Base2 may be called, which is exactly as it should be.

Absolutely.  That doesn't change the fact that when writing Base1 you are still using the word 'super', and hopefully 
remembering that even though it's named 'super' it may in fact call an object that is sideways from where you're at now 
and have absolutely no relation to Base1's ancestors.


>> It's too late to change the name now, but pretending there is no good
>> and valid reason for confusion doesn't help.
>
> The confusion is not with the name, or what super does, but with
> inheritance itself.

Good names are important because a good name can help alleviate confusion.  A bad name can exacerbate it.  Given the 
terminology of superclasses and subclasses, naming a function 'super' that can in fact call another class that is in no 
way the superclass of the class in which it is written, can easily cause confusion.

--
~Ethan~

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  Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 03:20 +0000
    Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 22:27 -0600
      Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 05:23 +0000
        Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 23:40 -0600
          Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 17:29 +0000
            Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-06-24 02:53 +0100
              Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-24 06:31 +0000
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-06-24 16:00 +0100
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-24 11:23 -0600
    Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Adam Jiang <jiang.adam@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 22:35 +0900
    Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 10:15 -0600
      Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 16:35 +0000
        Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 12:49 -0400
          Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 11:08 -0600
            Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 14:14 -0400
          Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 11:18 -0600
            Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 17:36 +0000
              Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 12:04 -0600
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 18:50 +0000
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 13:09 -0600
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-24 01:12 +0000
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 15:24 -0400
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-24 01:27 +0000
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 21:38 -0400
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-24 08:06 +0000
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-24 08:41 -0400
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-24 08:58 -0700
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-24 23:51 +0000
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-24 11:26 -0600
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-06-26 13:14 -0700
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-26 23:54 +0000
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-26 19:03 -0600
                Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-06-26 17:38 -0700
          Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 18:46 +0000
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            Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-06-26 13:37 -0700
          Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 13:33 -0700
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        Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 14:58 -0700
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            Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-27 01:23 +1000
        Re: What is the semantics meaning of 'object'? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 17:07 -0600
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