Hi, Guido van Rossum <guido <at> python.org> writes:
> The staticmethod thing isn't new; that's also the case in 2.x. staticmethod hasn't changed, method has. In the past Class.method gave you a unbound method, now you get a function back as if it was a static method. > The super() thing is a case of practicality beats purity. Note that > you pay a small but measurable cost for the implicit __class__ (it's > implemented as a "cell variable", the same mechanism used for nested > scopes) so we wouldn't want to introduce it unless it is used. I do agree that super() is a lot easier to work with than regular way to call it. But the fact that it breaks if i do `_super = super` or that it's impossible to emulate it from within Python. Regards, Armin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
