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Describe super() very briefly
A few minor reformattings and wording changes
Set the release date (presumably tomorrow...)
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% $Id$
\title{What's New in Python 2.2}
\release{0.10}
\release{1.00}
\author{A.M. Kuchling}
\authoraddress{\email{akuchlin@mems-exchange.org}}
\begin{document}
@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
\section{Introduction}
This article explains the new features in Python 2.2.
The final release of Python 2.2 is planned for December 2001.
This article explains the new features in Python 2.2, released on
December 21, 2001.
Python 2.2 can be thought of as the "cleanup release". There are some
features such as generators and iterators that are completely new, but
@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ The \function{staticmethod()} function takes the function
stored in the class object. You might expect there to be special
syntax for creating such methods (\code{def static f()},
\code{defstatic f()}, or something like that) but no such syntax has
been defined yet; that's been left for future versions.
been defined yet; that's been left for future versions of Python.
More new features, such as slots and properties, are also implemented
as new kinds of descriptors, and it's not difficult to write a
@ -260,10 +260,13 @@ from eiffel import eiffelmethod
class C(object):
def f(self, arg1, arg2):
# The actual function
...
def pre_f(self):
# Check preconditions
...
def post_f(self):
# Check postconditions
...
f = eiffelmethod(f, pre_f, post_f)
\end{verbatim}
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users will just write code on top of the resulting libraries and
ignore the implementation details.
\subsection{Multiple Inheritance: The Diamond Rule}
Multiple inheritance has also been made more useful through changing
@ -326,9 +330,28 @@ the above example, the list becomes [\class{D}, \class{B}, \class{C},
Following this rule, referring to \method{D.save()} will return
\method{C.save()}, which is the behaviour we're after. This lookup
rule is the same as the one followed by Common Lisp.
rule is the same as the one followed by Common Lisp. A new built-in
function, \function{super()}, provides a way to get at a class's
superclasses without having to reimplement Python's algorithm.
The most commonly used form will be
\function{super(\var{class}, \var{obj})}, which returns
a bound superclass object (not the actual class object). This form
will be used in methods to call a method in the superclass; for
example, \class{D}'s \method{save()} method would look like this:
% XXX mention super()
\begin{verbatim}
class D:
def save (self):
# Call superclass .save()
super(D, self).save()
# Save D's private information here
...
\end{verbatim}
\function{super()} can also return unbound superclass objects
when called as \function{super(\var{class})} or
\function{super(\var{class1}, \var{class2})}, but this probably won't
often be useful.
\subsection{Attribute Access}