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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-02-07 18:49:54 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-02-07 18:49:54 (GMT) |
| commit | 95f8ef282578cd6aa87458425a777fc1cbdbf997 (patch) | |
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make "super only for new-style classes" a note.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 0977c91..bd71309 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1171,8 +1171,10 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. If the second argument is omitted the super object returned is unbound. If the second argument is an object, ``isinstance(obj, type)`` must be true. If the second argument is a type, - ``issubclass(type2, type)`` must be true. :func:`super` only works for - :term:`new-style class`\es. + ``issubclass(type2, type)`` must be true. + + .. note:: + :func:`super` only works for :term:`new-style class`\es. There are two typical use cases for "super". In a class hierarchy with single inheritance, "super" can be used to refer to parent classes without |