[Python-3000] auto-super()

[Aahz]

On Sun, Apr 16, 2006, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> On 17/04/06 Greg Ewing said:
>> 
>> The other possible reason for using super() is so you don't have
>> to write the name of the base class into all your inherited method
>> calls. But that's a separate issue that would be better addressed by
>> a different mechanism, rather than conflating the two in super().
>
> Although you do have to put the current class name in the method
> calls, as super() requires it as the first argument. I never
> understood that. Why would I wish to use super(Bar) if I'm in class
> Foo? Cannot Foo be implied here?

Remember that in its current form super() is a regular function; it
cannot be implied without stack hackery.  The autosuper metaclass should
probably become part of the regular type metaclass in 3.0, but I think
that requires a PEP -- and in keeping with Guido's recent admonishment,
someone should probably try implementing it first and see what happens
with the test suite.
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