<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>It doesn't -- that's the point.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Currently it's assumed that the order base classes appear</span><br><span>in a class statement is the order that they must appear</span><br><span>in the MRO. </span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It’s not assumed — it’s how order is specified by the coder...</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>But that's not always true. </span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Isn’t it true by definition?</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>I'm suggesting that</span><br><span>the MRO algorithm should not assume that and should make</span><br><span>its own assessment of the required ordering.</span><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Isn’t that impossible? It could determine that order doesn’t matter (no name clashes), but when that’s the case, there’s nothing to do.</div><div><br></div><div>What am I missing?</div><div><br></div><div>-CHB</div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>-- </span><br><span>Greg</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Python-ideas mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Python-ideas@python.org">Python-ideas@python.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas</a></span><br><span>Code of Conduct: <a href="http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/">http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/</a></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>