[Python-Dev] super() does not work during class initialization

[Greg Ewing]

Martin Teichmann wrote:
> maybe
> we could just change the compiler to leave the order in which things are defined
> in a class in the class namespace, say as a member __order__? Then we could
> use plain-old dicts for the class namespace, and we would not slow down class
> creation (not that it matters much), as determining the order would happen at
> compile time.

I don't think the compiler can determine the order in
all cases. Consider:

   class Spam:

     if moon_is_full:
       alpha = 1
       beta = 2
     else:
       beta = 2
       alpha = 1

-- 
Greg