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Re: Classes

From Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Classes
Date 2014-11-03 03:12 +0000
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 11:31:12 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 12:27:06 +0000 (UTC), Denis McMahon
> <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> declaimed the following:
> 
>>On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 21:32:13 +1100, Tim Delaney wrote:

>>> If course, that's probably because rectangles have a multitude of uses
>>> for user interfaces, whilst other quadrilaterals are somewhat less
>>> useful.
>>
>>And perhaps that also addresses the square - rectangle (or circle -
>>ellipse) issue - square, rectangle and rhombus are all forms of
>>quadrilateral, and perhaps should all inherit a base class
>>Quadrilateral,
>>rather than trying (and partially failing) to inherit each other.
> 
> 	I'd class them as parallelograms -- as they differ from a 
trapezoid in
> that opposite faces are parallel... Not to mention "arrow heads" where
> two adjacent sides actually bend inwards.

So:

Quadrilateral
    Parallelogram
        Square
        Rectangle
        Rhombus
        Diamond (4 sides eq)
    Trapezoid
        Arrowhead

Is an arrowhead a trapezoid?

-- 
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com

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    Re: Classes   Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-31 10:05 -0400
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                Re: Classes Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-31 13:57 -0400
                Re: Classes Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2014-10-31 10:40 -0700
                Re: Classes Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-11-01 11:17 +1300
                Re: Classes Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-01 12:06 +1100
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            Re: Classes Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-31 19:35 +0200
            Re: Classes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-31 17:40 +0000
            Re: Classes Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-31 18:26 -0400
              Re: Classes Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-01 12:09 +1100
      Re: Classes   Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-01 04:06 +1100
        Re: Classes   Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-31 13:18 -0400
          Re: Classes Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2014-10-31 10:43 -0700
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              Re: Classes Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-31 18:57 -0400
                Re: Classes Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-31 19:22 -0400
                Re: Classes Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-31 19:32 -0400
                Re: Classes Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-11-01 12:00 -0400
                Re: Classes Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-01 12:42 -0400
                Re: Classes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-02 09:50 +0000
                Re: Classes Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-11-02 21:32 +1100
                Re: Classes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-02 12:27 +0000
                Re: Classes Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-11-02 11:31 -0500
                Re: Classes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-03 03:12 +0000
                Re: Classes Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-11-03 06:29 +0000
                Re: Classes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-04 01:10 +0000
                Re: Classes Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-11-04 18:30 +1300
                Re: Classes Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-11-03 08:50 -0500
                Re: Classes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-04 02:34 +1100
                Re: Classes Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-11-03 07:47 -0700
                Re: Classes Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-02 14:03 -0800
            Re: Classes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-01 07:51 +1100
              Re: Classes sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-10-31 14:24 -0700
                Re: Classes Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2014-10-31 14:40 -0700
                Re: Classes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-01 08:56 +1100
                Re: Classes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-01 08:36 +1100
          Re: Classes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-31 17:43 +0000
    Re: Classes Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-31 14:11 +0000
    Re: Classes   Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-31 12:49 -0400
      Re: Classes   "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2014-10-31 19:31 +0100
        Re: Classes   Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-31 14:36 -0400
        Re: Classes Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-10-31 14:41 -0400
          Re: Classes Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-10-31 14:56 -0400

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