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When using Python’s super() to do method chaining, you have to explicitly specify your own class, for example:
class MyDecorator(Decorator): def decorate(self): super(MyDecorator, self).decorate() I have to specify the name of my class MyDecorator as an argument to super(). This is not DRY. When I rename my class now I will have to rename it twice. Why is this implemented this way? And is there a way to weasel out of having to write the name of the class twice(or more)?
The BDFL agrees. See PEP 3135 – New Super for Python 3.0 (and Pep 367 – New Super for Python 2.6).