[Python-Dev] Problems with the new super()

[Greg Ewing]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> The
> alternative would be to make it a keyword, which seemed excessive
> (plus, it would be odd if super() were a keyword when self is not).

If it's really such a useful thing as to warrant so much
magic to support it, then I think it deserves to have a
keyword.

Conversely, I would say that if it doesn't deserve a
keyword, it also doesn't deserve that much magic.

-- 
Greg