[Python-Dev] python and super

[Greg Ewing]

Michael Foord wrote:
> But you have to be aware that 
> because of the semantics of super, not calling up to your parents 
> basically prevents those methods being used in the presence of multiple 
> inheritance.

No, it prevents them being used in the presence of super().
Multiple inheritance is still possible the old-fashioned way
using explicit upcalls as long as the classes are sufficiently
independent.

If they're *not* sufficiently independent, and haven't been
specifically designed to cooperate with each other, attempting
to make them cooperate automatically is as likely to do harm
as good.

-- 
Greg