Ian Kelly wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:40 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 2. Is the mro function available only on python3? >> >> No, but it is available only on new-style classes. If you try it on a >> classic class, you'll get an AttributeError. > > And by the way, you probably shouldn't call the mro method directly. > That method is provided so that it can be overridden in order to > customize the MRO at class creation. The proper (and faster) way to > look up the MRO for a class is using the __mro__ attribute, which > stores the result of the mro method when the class is initialized. > > http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html?highlight=mro#class.__mro__
Is it a good idea to use mro() or __mro__ at all? Are there common use cases that cannot be addressed with super()? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list