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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:15:02 -0700
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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For anybody interested in composition instead of multiple inheritance, I 
have posted this recipe on ActiveState (for python 2.6/7, not 3.x):

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577658-composition-of-classes-instead-of-multiple-inherit/

Comments welcome!

~Ethan~