When ‘super’ is not a good idea (was: 'Once' properties.)

[Ben Finney]

Scott David Daniels <Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org> writes:

> Scott David Daniels wrote:
> >     class Initialized(ClassBase):
> >         @classmethod
> >         def _init_class(class_):
> >             class_.a, class_.b = 1, 2
> >             super(Initialized, class_)._init_class()
>
> Mea culpa:  Here super is _not_ a good idea, 
[…]

Why is ‘super’ not a good idea here?

>     class Initialized(ClassBase):
>         @classmethod
>         def _init_class(class_):
>             class_.a, class_.b = 1, 2
>             ClassBase._init_class()

What makes this implementation better than the one using ‘super’?

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Ben Finney