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

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 06:20 PM 5/20/2007 +1000, Tim Delaney wrote:
>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.

Btw, PEP 3124 needs a way to receive the same class object at more or 
less the same moment, although in the form of a callback rather than 
a cell assignment.  Guido suggested I co-ordinate with you to design 
a mechanism for this.