From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 18:49:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: make "super only for new-style classes" a note.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~2084
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=95f8ef282578cd6aa87458425a777fc1cbdbf997;p=python

make "super only for new-style classes" a note.
---

diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 0977c91e52..bd7130938c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1171,8 +1171,10 @@ available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    If the second argument is omitted the super
    object returned is unbound.  If the second argument is an object,
    ``isinstance(obj, type)`` must be true.  If the second argument is a type,
-   ``issubclass(type2, type)`` must be true. :func:`super` only works for
-   :term:`new-style class`\es.
+   ``issubclass(type2, type)`` must be true.
+
+   .. note::
+      :func:`super` only works for :term:`new-style class`\es.
 
    There are two typical use cases for "super".  In a class hierarchy with
    single inheritance, "super" can be used to refer to parent classes without