Библиотека Python разработчика(@BookPython). The super() function allows referring to the base class. This can be extremely helpful in cases when

The super() function allows referring to the base class. This can be extremely helpful in cases when a derived class wants to add something to the method implementation instead of overriding it completely:

class BaseTestCase(TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self._db = create_db()

class UserTestCase(BaseTestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        super().setUp()
        self._user = create_user()

The function's name doesn't mean excellent or very good. The word super implies above in this context (like in superintendant). Despite what I said earlier, super() doesn't always refer to the base class, it can easily return a sibling. The proper name could be next() since the next class according to MRO is returned.

class Top:
    def foo(self):
        return 'top'

class Left(Top):
    def foo(self):
        return super().foo()

class Right(Top):
    def foo(self):
        return 'right'

class Bottom(Left, Right):
    pass

# prints 'right'
print(Bottom().foo())

Mind that super() may produce different results since they depend on the MRO of the original call.

>>> Bottom().foo()
'right'
>>> Left().foo()
'top'