[Python-Dev] Things to Know About Super

[Steve Holden]

Michele Simionato wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> 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
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