Call a parent class method from a child class in Python 2

Question

I want to call parent class method using super() in Python 2.

In Python 3, I'd code it like this:

    class base:
        @classmethod    
        def func(cls):
            print("in base: " + cls.__name__)

    class child(base):
        @classmethod    
        def func(cls):
            super().func()
            print("in child: " + cls.__name__)

    child.func()

with this output:

    in base: child
    in child: child

However, I have no idea, how do this in Python 2. Of course, I can use base.func(), but I don't like to specify parent class name in addition and mainly I get unwanted result:

    in base: base
    in child: child

With cls (cls is child) as first argument in super() function call, I get this error:

    TypeError: must be type, not classobj

Any idea how do it using super() or analogous function in which I don't have to specify name of parent class?

Answer 1

furthering the other answer you can do classmethods for it like

class base(object):
        @classmethod    
        def func(cls):
            print("in base: " + cls.__name__)

class child(base):
        @classmethod    
        def func(cls):
            super(cls, cls).func() 
            print("in child: " + cls.__name__)

child.func()