[Python-3000] PEP 3124 - Overloading, Generic Functions, Interfaces, etc.

[Christian Tanzer]

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

> Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> > Imagine what would happen if the results of
> > calling super() depended on what order your modules had been imported in!
>
> Actually, something like this does happen with super.

No, it doesn't.

The order of super-calls is always well-defined (and the only sane
one)!

> You can't be sure which method super() will call when
> you write it, because it depends on what other classes
> people inherit along with your class, and what order
> they're in.

This is true but doesn't matter (which is the beauty of super).

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