A better self

[Delaney, Timothy]

> From: Erik Max Francis [mailto:max at alcyone.com]
> 
> Matt Gerrans wrote:
> 
> > In keeping with that concept, '..' would be referring to the base
> > class
> > (equivalent to java's "super").
> 
> I think that's definitely mixing metaphors.  For one thing, which base
> class?  Python supports multiple inheritance.

Well, obviously it would only be available for new-style classes, and the
following would be equivalent ...

# current

class A (object):

    def __init__(self)
        super(A, self).__init__()

class B (object):

    def __init__(self)
        super(B, self).__init__()

class C (A, B):

    def __init__(self)
        super(C, self).__init__()

# new

class A (object):

    def __init__(self)
        ..__init__()

class B (object):

    def __init__(self)
        ..__init__()

class C (A, B):

    def __init__(self)
        ..__init__()

thus getting rid of the need to do a self.__super = super(cls, self) or use
a metaclass for this ...

;)

Tim Delaney