Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On 4/19/06, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hmm, the reference to Dylan's next method (along with a few other comments in
>> this thread) makes me believe a magic autosuper() equivalent would really 
>> need
>> to be based on a thread-local context, rather than any kind of static code
>> analysis.
> 
> No, no, no! The current thread doesn't enter into it. It *must* be
> done through static code analysis. The inputs are the class and the
> instance. There's nothing that the thread can add.

Involving the thread was a really roundabout way of getting at the class. 
Using closures is far more sane, but the historic disconnect between classes 
and closures meant my brain failed to make that connection :(

Cheers,
Nick.

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