newsuper 0.3a

Py3k-alike style super() for Py2.x

Intro

newsuper provides you Python3k-alike super() for Python2.x

Since 0.3, newsuper is 110% behaving like Python3k’s super()

Why

you must hate to write code like this:

super(Foo, self).__init__()

and you might have written (WRONG) code like this:

super(self.__class__, self).__init__()

Python3k’s super() saves your ass a bit:

super().__init__()

Example

You can make your topest-level class subclassing newsuper.Object

from newsuper import Object

class Foo(Object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.foo = 1

    @classmethod
    def do_something_with_class(cls):
        return [cls, 'Foo']

    @staticmethod
    def do_something_static():
        return ['Foo']

class Bar(Foo):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.bar = 1

    @classmethod
    def do_something_static(cls):
        return super().do_something_static() + ['Bar']

class Baz(Bar):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.baz = 1

    @classmethod
    def do_something_with_class(cls):
        # Compatible with old super(Baz, cls)
        return super(Baz, cls).do_something_with_class() + ['Baz']

    @staticmethod
    def do_something_static():
        # Yes, you can even super a staticmethod!
        return super().do_something_static() + ['Baz']

if __name__ == '__main__':
    assert Baz().foo == Baz().bar == Baz().baz == 1
    assert Baz.do_something_with_class() == [Baz, 'Foo', 'Baz']
    assert Baz.do_something_static() == ['Foo', 'Bar', 'Baz']

property is supported too.

Install

Let’s try it now

Use pip:

pip install newsuper

or easy_install:

easy_install newsuper

also, there is windows installer.