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Re: interactive help on the base object

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Date 2013-12-09 18:39 +1100
Subject Re: interactive help on the base object
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.3763.1386576267.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Alan Bawden
<alan@scooby-doo.csail.mit.edu> wrote:
> I don't believe that this was done for any deep principled reason, but
> rather it was just permitted because the algorithm for computing method
> resolution order didn't actually care whether there were inheritance
> cycles -- it still terminated and returned an ordered list of component
> classes.

How does that work, exactly? How do you have a class inherit
(ultimately) from itself, and how does that impact the component class
list?

ChrisA

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Re: interactive help on the base object Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-08 23:48 +0000
  Re: interactive help on the base object Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-12-09 00:45 +0000
    Re: interactive help on the base object Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 17:09 -0800
    Re: interactive help on the base object Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-09 01:38 +0000
    Re: interactive help on the base object Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-09 01:43 +0000
      Re: interactive help on the base object Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-09 02:31 +0000
        Re: interactive help on the base object Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 18:41 -0800
          Re: interactive help on the base object rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 18:58 -0800
            Re: interactive help on the base object Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-09 04:16 +0000
              Re: interactive help on the base object rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 20:46 -0800
                Re: interactive help on the base object rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-12-08 21:26 -0800
                Re: interactive help on the base object rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 22:44 -0800
                Re: interactive help on the base object Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-09 09:44 +0000
          Re: interactive help on the base object Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-09 05:44 +0000
            Re: interactive help on the base object Alan Bawden <alan@scooby-doo.csail.mit.edu> - 2013-12-09 02:31 -0500
              Re: interactive help on the base object Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-09 18:39 +1100
                Re: interactive help on the base object Alan Bawden <alan@scooby-doo.csail.mit.edu> - 2013-12-10 00:34 -0500
                Re: interactive help on the base object Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-10 16:44 +1100
        Re: interactive help on the base object Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-09 13:57 +1100
    Re: interactive help on the base object Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-12-09 00:00 -0500
    Re: interactive help on the base object Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-09 23:48 +0000
  Re: interactive help on the base object Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-09 01:58 +0000

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