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On 29 Apr 2011 02:31:15 GMT, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:

> 
> I thought that was delegation. As in, when one object delegates some or 
> all of it's behaviour to another object:
>

	"Delegation" sounds more like functional behavior whereas
"composition" is more the static organization -- that is, which objects
are components of the overall object.

	Just a gut feeling...

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