On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:18:33 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote: > Deadly Dirk wrote: >> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:48:45 -0400, J. Cliff Dyer wrote: >> >>> super gives you an instantiated version of the super class, which >>> means that you don't have to explicitly send self to any methods you >>> call on it. >>> >>> So use `super().__init__()` instead. >> >> Thanks. Interestingly enough, it works in Python 3, which is what the >> book is about. It doesn't work in Python 2.6 > > as Thomas Jollans said days ago: > > but you should really install Python 3.1 (it's in ubuntu, as others > > have said!) because you will almost certainly hit into other snags. > > or, as Gabriele Lanaro said in that same thread: > > else take a book that covers python 2.x syntax > > Cut-and-pasting-ly yours, > > ~Ethan~
As you can see, I followed the advice and installed the latest Python. -- I don't think, therefore I am not. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list