[Biopython-dev] Bio.Restriction "super" call (Python vs PyPy?)

[Brad Chapman]

Peter;

> >> super(RestrictionType, cls).__init__(cls, name, bases, dct)
> >
> > That seems strange: the __init__ is calling super on itself. You'd
> > normally expect this from a derived class. I'm not sure why this
> > doesn't trigger an infinite recursion initializing the object. I'm +1
> > on commenting it out.

> I suppose we could be cautious and skip that line under PyPy
> only. How about that as a compromise - that way if is really
> is important for something not covered in the unit test, we only
> break it under PyPy, but C Python and Jython would be fine?

My vote would be to comment it out generally instead of if_pypy 
flags. I don't want to break anything, but if we do I'd rather find out
straight away instead of chasing down platform specific bugs later. I'd
be happy to hear other's opinions, especially if they ynderstand the
super magic going on.

Brad