[Python-3000] super(): issues [Was: Removing 'self' from method definitions]

[Giovanni Bajo]

Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

> The use case for super() is where you have a chain of
> methods that are sufficiently compatible that you don't
> need to know or care which one you're calling next.
> That's not usually the case with __init__ methods.

It worked fine for me when I forced my clients (for a specific hierarchy) to
always pass keyword arguments to __init__. This allowed me to use super()
succesfully. Of course, Python non-existing support for mandatory keyword
arguments makes things a little harder than they could be.

I'll also point people to this page, which contains a very accurate description
of the issues with super:
http://fuhm.net/super-harmful/

Giovanni Bajo