[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-764003 ] super() does not work as documented

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Bugs item #764003, was opened at 2003-07-01 17:18
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Bastian Kleineidam (calvin)
>Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: super() does not work as documented

Initial Comment:
According to the docs, I can use class names as type
object, but that does not work. Strange enough, this is
used in the python core modules (ie random.py):

> python2.3
Python 2.3b2 (#2, Jun 30 2003, 10:50:53) 
[GCC 3.3.1 20030626 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more information.
>>> class a:
...     def f (self):
...         print 1
... 
>>> class b(a):
...     def f (self):
...         super(b, self).f()
...         print 2
... 
>>> b().f()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in f
TypeError: super() argument 1 must be type, not classobj


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>Comment By: Walter Dörwald (doerwalter)
Date: 2003-07-01 18:20

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super() only works for new style classes. This doesn't seem
to be documented: neither in
http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/built-in-funcs.html
nor in super.__doc__.

Assigning to Fred.

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