[Python-Dev] Classes and Metaclasses in Smalltalk

[Guido van Rossum]

> Here's an implementation of what I currently use to track down
> the basemethod (taken from mx.Tools):

How am I supposed to use this?

I tried this:

    class B:
        def foo(self):
            print "B.foo"

    class C(B):
        def foo(self):
            print "C.foo"
            B.foo(self)
            print basemethod(self.foo) # Expect this to be B.foo

    class D(C):
        def foo(self):
            print "D.foo"
            C.foo(self)

    d = D()
    d.foo()

but the call to basemethod(self.foo) in C prints C.foo, not B.foo as
required.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)