On Oct 2, 3:16 pm, process <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's say I have a class X which has 10 methods. > > I want class Y to inherit 5 of them. > > Can I do that? Can I do something along the lines of super(Y, exclude > method 3 4 7 9 10) ?
That implies that the 5 you do include don't rely on or call the 5 you don't. Otherwise you have to inherit them. Then you can refactor them into: class X5YouDo: ... class X5YouDont: ... class X( X5YouDo, X5YouDont ): ... class Y( X5YouDo ): ... If you're looking for restricted visibility, Python does not have it. It's just handcuffs, and makes things you can't do. After all, nothing would stop you user from calling: y= Y() X5YouDont.DontInheritMe( y, args ) to get at the uninherited methods. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list