I have a code as follows:
class A(): def something(): #Do something class B(A): def something(): super(B, self).something() #Do something class C(B): def something(): if VeryRareSpecificCase: super(super(C,self)).something() else: super(C, self).something() #Do something However, it raises the error TypeError: must be type, not super.
Provided you aren't using a complicated diamond inheritance, you can skip a parent in the chain with this approach:
class C(B): def something(self): if VeryRareSpecificCase: super(B, self).something() # <-- note: B passed explicitly! else: super().something() If you really have just C --> B --> A --> object, as shown in your MCVE, this should be safe. However, if you have something more complicated than that, you'll have to work with the mro directly and specify exactly what behaviour you need manually.
super(super(C, self))to refer to? If the answer issuper(B, self), then you aren't usingsupercorrectly; you should just be hardcoding the class references.