"Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just found this: > > [quote] > A mixin class is a parent class that is inherited from - but not as > a means of specialization. Typically, the mixin will export services to a > child class, but no semantics will be implied about the child "being a > kind of" the parent. > [end quote] > > from http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?MixIn > > Is that all they are? > > It is amazing how you can take the simplest concept, and by using > appropriate terminology, make it as confusing and opaque as you want... > > *wink*
Now this reminds me of Xah's entertaining posts about "moronicities of the tech-geek industry jargon" <wink>. George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list