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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 09:37:35 +1100
Subject: Re: __bases__ misleading error message
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.18104.1422138354.18130.python-list@python.org>,
> rosuav@gmail.com says...
>>
>> Let me explain by way of analogy.
> [snipped]
>
> Gotcha! Thanks for the explanation :)

Awesome! I'm always a bit wary of analogies... sometimes they're
really helpful, other times they're unhelpful and confusing. Glad this
was one of the better cases.

ChrisA