"Super()" confusion

[Lionel]

On Feb 9, 4:04 pm, Jean-Paul Calderone <exar... at divmod.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:20:05 -0800 (PST), Lionel <lionel.ke... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >Hello. I've been scouring the web looking for something to clear up a
> >little confusion about the use of "super()" but haven't found anything
> >that really helps. Here's my simple example:
>
> > [snip]
>
> >"super(Child,self).__init__(filePath)
> >TypeError: super() argument 1 must be type, not classobj"
>
> >What have I done wrong? Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Consider whether you really need to use super().
>
> http://fuhm.net/super-harmful/
>
> Jean-Paul

Yes, I came across that essay...and it scared me. Will my base class
initializer always get called regardless of whether or not I use super
()? If so, does this occur prior to any code in my derived class
initializer being executed (in other words, if I don't explicitly call
"super()" in my derived class, am I guaranteed that the base class
"__init__" has executed completely)? If so, then I guess I can forego
the use of "super()"