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From: Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
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Subject: Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass
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Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy@gmail.com> writes:

> Sounds like you're just going to end up with more confusing code
> having multiple ways to refer to the exact same thing. Why?

(Why did you top-post?)

I'm defining aliases to conform to an existing API. The “Foo” class's
attributes are what is needed, but not by the right names. So I'm making
a subclass “Bar” to provide those same attributes by the names required
by the third-party API.

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