[python] super() fails with error: TypeError "argument 1 must be type, not classobj" when parent does not inherit from object

I get some error that I can't figure out. Any clue what is wrong with my sample code?

class B:
    def meth(self, arg):
        print arg

class C(B):
    def meth(self, arg):
        super(C, self).meth(arg)

print C().meth(1)

I got the sample test code from help of 'super' built-in method.

Here is the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test.py", line 10, in ?
    print C().meth(1)
  File "./test.py", line 8, in meth
    super(C, self).meth(arg)
TypeError: super() argument 1 must be type, not classobj

FYI, here is the help(super) from python itself:

Help on class super in module __builtin__:

class super(object)
 |  super(type) -> unbound super object
 |  super(type, obj) -> bound super object; requires isinstance(obj, type)
 |  super(type, type2) -> bound super object; requires issubclass(type2, type)
 |  Typical use to call a cooperative superclass method:
 |  class C(B):
 |      def meth(self, arg):
 |          super(C, self).meth(arg)
 |

I was also faced by the posted issue when I used python 2.7. It is working very fine with python 3.4

To make it work in python 2.7 I have added the __metaclass__ = type attribute at the top of my program and it worked.

__metaclass__ : It eases the transition from old-style classes and new-style classes.

If the python version is 3.X, it's okay.

I think your python version is 2.X, the super would work when adding this code

__metaclass__ = type

so the code is

__metaclass__ = type
class B:
    def meth(self, arg):
        print arg
class C(B):
    def meth(self, arg):
        super(C, self).meth(arg)
print C().meth(1)

Also, if you can't change class B, you can fix the error by using multiple inheritance.

class B:
    def meth(self, arg):
        print arg

class C(B, object):
    def meth(self, arg):
        super(C, self).meth(arg)

print C().meth(1)