Bob Ippolito schrieb: > 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)
It is much more verbose, though. The question is are you writing this more often, or are you introspecting more often? Thomas _______________________________________________ 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
