super()Expert Examples

Returns a proxy object that delegates calls to a parent class

super() performance and internals

Performance characteristics and CPython implementation details.

python
# super() internals
import dis

def using_super():
    pass

# Bytecode analysis
dis.dis(using_super)

# Check if it's truly built-in
import builtins
print(f"\nsuper is builtin: {hasattr(builtins, 'super')}")
print(f"Type: {type(builtins.super)}")

Understanding the internal implementation helps optimize hot paths in performance-critical code.

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