On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:13 -0600, Tim Chase wrote: > Clearly Python should use a keyword like "Kingdom" or "Phylum" instead. > I guess "Kingdom" should be reserved for metaclasses (or would they be > metaphylums? or metaphyla?)
Metaphyla, of course. > kingdom Baz: > pass > > phylum Foo: > __metaphylum__ = Baz But it's obvious that kingdoms are metaphyla, and it would be silly for one phylum to inherit from another (let alone for a phylum to inherit from a class), so couldn't we just claim that Foo inherits from Baz and be done with it: phylum Foo(Baz): pass > That is SO much clearer ;-) For some definitions of "SO" and "much," yes. ;-) Dan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list