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Aug 24, 2008, 3:19 AM

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Things to Know About Super

Recently I have opened a blog on Artima and I am publishing a
few Python-related essays I had in store. In particular a trilogy
of papers about "super". From the foreword:

"""
In 2004 I decided to write a comprehensive paper documenting
``super`` pitfalls and traps, with the goal of publishing it on the
Python web site, just as I had published my essay on multiple
inheritance and the `Method Resolution Order`_. With time the paper
grew longer and longer but I never had the feeling that I had covered
everything I needed to say: moreover I have a full time job, so I
never had the time to fully revise the paper as a whole. As a
consequence, four years have passed and the paper is still in draft
status. This is a pity, since it documents issues that people
encounter and that regularly come out on the Python newsgroups and
forums.

Keeping the draft sitting on my hard disk is doing a disservice to the
community. Still, I lack to time to finish it properly. To come out
from the impasse, I decided to split the long paper in a series of
short blog posts, which I do have the time to review properly.
Moreover people are free to post comments and corrections in case I am
making
mistakes (speaking about ``super`` this is always possible). Once I
finish the series, I may integrate the corrections, put it together
again and possibly publish it as whole on the Python website.
In other words, in order to finish the task,
I am trying the strategies of *divide et conquer*
and *release early, release often*. We will see how it goes.
"""

It seems the strategy worked since I have finished
the paper, by splitting it in three post. Actually, it it not
really finished because it does not say anything about
the new super in Python 3.0, but that could do in a separate
essay. Here I am asking for feedback/corrections.
Moreover if people think it is worthy idea, I can re-assemble
the paper again, donate it to the PSF and publish it on the
Python website.

Michele Simionato
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Subject	User	Time
Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 24, 2008, 3:19 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	matt.giuca at gmail	Aug 24, 2008, 6:43 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 24, 2008, 7:12 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	python at rcn	Aug 26, 2008, 8:32 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 26, 2008, 9:13 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	python at rcn	Aug 26, 2008, 11:56 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 26, 2008, 6:16 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	steve at holdenweb	Aug 26, 2008, 2:10 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 26, 2008, 11:02 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	aleaxit at gmail	Aug 26, 2008, 6:30 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	pje at telecommunity	Aug 26, 2008, 8:15 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 26, 2008, 8:18 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 26, 2008, 8:48 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 26, 2008, 10:24 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	greg.ewing at canterbury	Aug 27, 2008, 12:54 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	mal at egenix	Aug 27, 2008, 3:53 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	greg.ewing at canterbury	Aug 27, 2008, 5:14 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	jjb5 at cornell	Aug 28, 2008, 11:36 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	aleaxit at gmail	Aug 27, 2008, 7:30 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 27, 2008, 7:36 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 27, 2008, 9:35 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	pje at telecommunity	Aug 28, 2008, 8:30 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 28, 2008, 8:50 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	pje at telecommunity	Aug 28, 2008, 11:54 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	tjreedy at udel	Aug 28, 2008, 12:59 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 28, 2008, 9:07 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	pje at telecommunity	Aug 28, 2008, 9:22 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 28, 2008, 9:44 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	ncoghlan at gmail	Aug 29, 2008, 9:15 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 29, 2008, 10:46 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	casey at pandora	Aug 29, 2008, 11:33 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	glyph at divmod	Aug 29, 2008, 1:31 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 29, 2008, 9:16 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	python at rcn	Aug 29, 2008, 1:39 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	michele.simionato at gmail	Aug 31, 2008, 12:12 AM
Re: Things to Know About Super	dreamingforward at gmail	Sep 1, 2008, 9:02 PM
Re: Things to Know About Super	ncoghlan at gmail	Sep 2, 2008, 2:53 AM

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