Chris Mellon wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in
comp.lang.python:
> I see super documented, and in use, as below (from the Python
> documentation)
>
> class C(B):
> def meth(self, arg):
> super(C, self).meth(arg)
>
> I'd like to not write C all the time, so is there any problem with
> writing:
>
> class C(B):
> def meth(self, arg):
> super(type(self), self).meth(arg)
>
>
> This seems to work in practice but I don't see it used anywhere and
> I'm worried what I might be missing.
Have you considered what happens if somebody writes:
class D(C):
def meth(self, arg):
super( D, self ).meth( arg )
>
> This was especially brought to my attention because pylint flags the
> second usage as invalid, and I'm not sure if it should be considered a
> false positive or not.
Nope, the type argument to super tells it where you are in the
type hierarchy, type(self) is always the top of the hierarchy.
Rob.
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