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Re: Updated blog post on how to use super()

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2011-06-01 11:06 -0600
Subject Re: Updated blog post on how to use super()
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> wrote:
> What it does is clear to me, but why is it interesting or special isn't.
>  This looks like a small feature that would be useful in a handful of cases.

Well, I agree with you there.  The complexity introduced by super
typically outweighs the benefits it provides, IMO.  The only time when
it is really necessary is in non-trivial diamond inheritance
situations (to avoid calling the same method on some base class more
than once), and in those cases I think it is simply better to not use
multiple inheritance in the first place.

Cheers,
Ian

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Updated blog post on how to use super() Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-05-31 19:44 -0700
  Re: Updated blog post on how to use super() Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-01 14:26 +1000
  Re: Updated blog post on how to use super() Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-06-01 09:03 -0400
    Re: Updated blog post on how to use super() Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-01 10:42 -0600
      Re: Updated blog post on how to use super() Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-06-01 12:46 -0400
        Re: Updated blog post on how to use super() Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-01 11:06 -0600
        Re: Updated blog post on how to use super() Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-01 17:43 +0000
    Re: Updated blog post on how to use super() Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-02 20:58 +0000

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