Python super() behavior not dependable

Question

For some reason, the super() method is not always behaving as expected, opting to return:

TypeError(\'super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or          


        

Answer 1

I had the same error then i noticed that i had duplicate class (my mistake) within the same file.py. Error disappeared when i renamed the second class A to class B

#Just some example below, not real code
class A (object):

    def fun(self):
        super(A, self).fun()

class A (object): ##This second class with same name (A) caused the error

   def some_fun(self,x,y):