Re: Composition instead of inheritance

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Date	Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:39:09 -0700
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James Mills wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>> Hmmm. Okay -- any ideas for a better term?  Something that describes taking
>> different source classes and fusing them into a new whole, possibly using
>> single-inheritance... Frankenstein, maybe?  ;)
> 
> I'd have to say that this is typical of MixIns

Yes, but it's designed to be used when Mixins fail because of MI issues 
(see my reply to Carl for an example).

Maybe Integrate?

~Ethan~

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Re: Composition instead of inheritance Carl Banks <pavlovevidence@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 15:35 -0700
  Re: Composition instead of inheritance Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-28 18:43 -0700
    Re: Composition instead of inheritance Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-29 13:44 +1000
      Re: Composition instead of inheritance Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2011-04-29 11:23 +0200
  Re: Composition instead of inheritance MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-04-29 03:14 +0100
  Re: Composition instead of inheritance James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au> - 2011-04-29 13:16 +1000
  Re: Composition instead of inheritance Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 20:58 -0700
    Re: Composition instead of inheritance Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-29 14:14 +1000
  Re: Composition instead of inheritance John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> - 2011-04-28 22:10 -0700
  Re: Composition instead of inheritance Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-29 13:39 -0700

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