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On 06/16/2015 07:55 PM, Dr. John Q. Hacker wrote:
> Interesting.  This brings up an issue another poster brought up:  In my
> usage of the term "parent", I use it to mean the class that is a product of
> object composition:
> 
> class Parent(child1, child2):  pass

Hmm. This is a definition of "parent" I've never heard of before.  And
it's opposite to the use of the word in all contexts I'm aware of.