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Subject: Re: Interface and duck typing woes
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On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Fabrice POMBET <fp2161@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am no depository of the pythonic way to think(tm) but I would create flock and inherit Duck from flock, or possibly set Flock as a method of ducks.
>

Why should a Duck _be_ a Flock? They are quite different. No, a flock
_has_ a duck (or rather, a number of ducks).

ChrisA