In python, super() is always called first in a method. Are there situations where it should be called later?

Question

Are there situations where you want to do some processing before you call super()?

This is a contrived example. Are there better examples? Is this considered pythonic?

class Base(object):     def __init__(self, name):         print "Base %s created" % name         self._name = name  class UpperBase(A):     """ Similar to base but the name is in uppercase. """     def __init__(self, name):         name = name.upper()          super(UpperBase, self).__init__(name) 

Answer 1

Sometimes you need to validate the arguments before calling super():

class UpperBase(Base):     def __init__(self, name):         if not name_valid(name):             raise ValueError()         super(UpperBase, self).__init__(name) 

I don't see why this wouldn't be pythonic, because it's the easiest way to do it and it's straightforward. Also, read @JHSaunders' comment, he makes a good point.