super in Python 3 and variadic arguments

[Marco Buttu]

On 10/11/2013 04:33 AM, Ian Kelly wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Steven D'Aprano

>> >One of the side-effects of this being a hack is that this doesn't work:
>> >
>> >class X(Y):
>> >     def method(self, arg):
>> >         f = super
>> >         f().method(arg)

> Actually, that works just fine.  The compiler sees that super is
> accessed within the method and creates the closure necessary to make
> it work.  This does fail, however:
>
> f = super
> class X(Y):
>      def method(self, arg):
>          f().method(arg)

Very interesting! Thanks :)
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Marco Buttu