From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-02-25T15:35:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Q: How to call parent method explistly?

On 24.02.2011 20:25, Gary Wright wrote:
>
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 3:59 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:
>>
>> Folks, why are you making this so complicated?  Nobody mentions the
>> standard way of doing this by using "super":
> [...]
>> Only if you want to call a _different_ method in the super class you
>> need to use one of the other approaches.  But if you think about it,
>> usually this is not needed.
>
> The original poster specifically asked about calling a different
> method in the parent that was also redefined in the child,
> which is why I didn't show the use of super.  From the original
> message:
>
>>    super(name)   # want to call Parent#hello(), not _hello()

Ah, that was the piece I missed.  Sorry for the noise.

I'd still question the wisdom of such a design though.

Kind regards

	robert

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