[Python-Dev] New Super PEP

Lino Mastrodomenico l.mastrodomenico at gmail.com
Sun Apr 29 13:26:20 CEST 2007


2007/4/29, Gustavo Carneiro <gjcarneiro at gmail.com>:
> On 29/04/07, James Y Knight <foom at fuhm.net> wrote:
> > Since calling super with any
> > arguments other than the exact same arguments you have received is
> > nearly always wrong,
>
>   Erm.  Excuse me, but are you saying this code is wrong?
>
>  class Rectangle:
>     def __init__(self, width, height):
>          self.width = width
>         self.height = height
>
>  class Square:
>      def __init__(self, side):
>         Rectangle.__init__(self, side, side)

You probably mean "class Square(Rectangle):". Anyway it's not wrong,
but it isn't multiple-inheritance-friendly either.

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Lino Mastrodomenico
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