I asked myself the same question and I am not convinced that using 'super' with one argument really makes sense (i.e. IMO it is more a liability than an asset). BTW, I have a set of notes on the tricky aspects of 'super' you may be interested in.
Michele Simionato
Wouldn't you use it to access the overridden version of a static method?
John Roth
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