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> [1] in C++ I would call that a "mixin"

Mixins are perfectly valid Python constructs as well and are perfectly 
valid (imho) for this use case.

On a side note, I usually append a "Mixin" suffix to my mixin classes in 
order to make it obvious to the reader.



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