On 4/28/07, James Y Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is only a halfway fix to DRY, and it really only fixes the less > important half. The important problem with super is that it > encourages people to write incorrect code by requiring that you > explicitly specify an argument list. Since calling super with any > arguments other than the exact same arguments you have received is > nearly always wrong, requiring that the arglist be specified is an > attractive nuisance.
Nearly always wrong? You must be kidding. There are tons of reasons to call your super method with modified arguments. E.g. clipping, transforming, ... -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
