[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] PEP 367: New Super

[Tim Delaney]

Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Tim Delaney wrote:
>> So the question is, should the method store the class, or the name?
>> Looking up by name could pick up a totally unrelated class, but
>> storing the undecorated class could miss something important in the
>> decoration. 
> 
> Couldn't we provide a mechanism whereby the cell can be adjusted to
> point to the decorated class? (heck, the interpreter has access to
> both classes after execution of the class statement - it could
> probably arrange for this to happen automatically whenever the
> decorated and undecorated classes are different).

Yep - I thought of that. I think that's probably the right way to go.

Tim Delaney