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Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass

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Sounds like you're just going to end up with more confusing code
having multiple ways to refer to the exact same thing. Why?

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> I want to inherit from a class, and define aliases for many of its
> attributes. How can I refer to “the attribute that will be available by
> name ‘spam’ once this class is defined”?
>
>    class Foo(object):
>        def spam(self):
>            pass
>
>        def eggs(self):
>            pass
>
>    class Bar(Foo):
>        beans = Foo.spam
>        mash = Foo.eggs
>
> Is that the right way to do it? Will that leave me open to “unbound
> method” or “is not an instance of ‘Bar’” or other problems when using
> ‘Bar.beans’?
>
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Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-01 09:14 +1100
  Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-01 00:14 +0000
    Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-01 11:59 +1100
  Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy@gmail.com> - 2011-03-31 20:36 -0400
    Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-01 11:57 +1100
  Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-03-31 19:24 -0700
    Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2011-04-01 11:54 +0200

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