On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 4:20 AM Random832 <random...@fastmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020, at 02:10, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > > issubclass(bool, int) gives True > > but > > super(bool) gives <super: bool, None> > > > > Do I not understand the meaning of super, or is this inconsistent? > > I've never heard of a one-argument form for super, but I just tried something > and now I'm confused about the two-argument form > > >>> super(bool, True).__str__() > 'True' > > I expected '1' - does anyone know why this happens?
The bool type doesn't actually define __str__, so calling it via super gives the same result that you get by calling it directly. Since __str__ isn't defined, the default implementation (on object itself) returns self.__repr__(), so you get the same result that you'd get by looking at the repr for it. But if you do that same exercise with repr... >>> super(bool, True).__repr__() '1' That's what you're expecting. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
