.. Original article at http://text.maze.io/2010/01/06/using-super-in-c++
   
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Using “super” in C++
====================
  
My style of coding includes the following idiom::

  class Derived : public Base 
  { 
  private: 
    typedef Base super;
    // etc...
  };

This enables me to use "super" as an alias to Base, for example, in constructors::

  Derived(int i, int j) : super(i), J(j) 
  { 
  }

Or even when calling the method from the base class inside its overriden 
version::

  void Derived::doSomething() 
  { 
    super::doSomething() ;
    // etc...
  }

It can even be chained (I have still to find the use for that, though)::

  class DerivedDerived : public Derived 
  { 
  public:
    typedef Derived super;
    // etc...
  };
  
  void DerivedDerived::doSomethingElse() 
  { 
    super::doSomethingElse() ; // will call Derived::doSomethingElse() 
    super::super::doSomethingElse() ; // will call Base::doSomethingElse()

    // etc...
  }

Anyway, I find the use of "typedef super" very useful, for example, when Base is either verbose and/or templated.