Michele Simionato wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >> I think it is a non-sequiter to reason from "diamond diagrams are >> complicated" to "mixins should be disallowed". Instead, I think it better >> to simply recommend that a key to happiness is to keep various mixin classes >> completely orthogonal to one another (no overlapping method names). > > I not completely against multiple inheritance. I am against multiple > inheritance > as it is now. A restricted form of multiple inheritance in which mixins > classes > are guaranteed to be orthogonal would be fine with me (provided it is > not abused). > This concept exists already in other languages, the orthogonal mixins > are called "traits". > If you aren't aware of it you should take a look at Enthought's traits package. It's part of the Enthought Tool Suite (ETS).
https://svn.enthought.com/enthought/wiki While I too appreciate your comments about super I believe you have perhaps overdone it. I do look forward to seeing the edited edition as a part of the documentation. [Hint: the *docs* aren't in feature freeze ;-)] regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
