thanks, it works. Though I don't quite understand what super(cls,cls) returns, and it doesn't work if I do a super(cls,cls).foo(). But cls.__base__.foo() do the trick.
thankfully, I don't have multiple inheritance. Jason Lai wrote: > If you use a newstyle class, e.g. class A(object), then you can get the > superclass with cls.__base__. You could also use super(cls,cls), > although note that it returns a <super> object that isn't exactly the > same thing as a class -- but good enough for just accessing attributes. > > Make sure to check that your superclass isn't <object>, otherwise it'll > complain about <object> not having a foo attribute. __base__ is > probably easier for this purpose. Also be careful with multiple > inheritance. > > No such thing as __super though. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
