[Python-ideas] Explicit self argument, implicit super argument

[Greg Ewing]

Neil Toronto wrote:
> Because the runtime enforces isinstance(D_instance, D), everything else 
> can be handled with D_instance.method(...) or self.method() or 
> super.method().

But super() is not a general replacement for explicit inherited
method calls. It's only appropriate in special, quite restricted
circumstances.

--
Greg