What does 'super' do in Python?

Question

What's the difference between:

class Child(SomeBaseClass):

def __init__(self):

super(Child, self).__init__()

and:

class Child(SomeBaseClass):

def __init__(self):

SomeBaseClass.__init__(self)

I've seen super being used quite a lot in classes with only single inheritance. I can see why you'd use it in multiple inheritances but am unclear as to what the advantages are of using it in this kind of situation.

Answer 1

We use super() method in Python because it has some benefits which are as follows:- 

Mostly super() in single-inheritance are minimal, so you don't have to hard-code the name of the base class into every method that uses its parent methods.

But it is almost impossible to use multiple-inheritance without super(). Because the use of super() in multi-inheritance includes common idioms like mixins, interfaces, abstract classes, etc. If somebody later wanted to write a class that extended Child and a mixin, their code would not work properly.