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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:39:09 -0700
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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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~