Python super() raises TypeError

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The reason is that super() only operates on new-style classes, which in the 2.x series means extending from object:

>>> class X(object):
        def a(self):
            print 'a'

>>> class Y(X):
        def a(self):
            super(Y, self).a()
            print 'b'

>>> c = Y()
>>> c.a()
a
b

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