On 9/22/06, Fred L. Drake, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 22 September 2006 13:05, Christian Tanzer wrote: > > It is useful in some situations, though. In particular, I use a > > metaclass that sets `__super` to the right value. This wouldn't work > > without name mangling. > > This also doesn't work if two classes in the inheritance hierarchy have the > same __name__, if I understand how you're using this. My guess is that > you're using calls like > > def doSomething(self, arg): > self.__super.doSomething(arg + 1)
In the one or two situations where it "is useful" you could always write out what it would've done. self._ThisClass__super.doSomething(arg + 1) -bob _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
