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Composition instead of inheritance

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Thu Apr 28 23:44:11 EDT 2011 
Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> writes:

> Carl Banks wrote:
> > That's not what we mean by composition. Composition is when one
> > object calls upon another object that it owns to implement some of
> > its behavior. Often used to model a part/whole relationship, hence
> > the name.
>
> Hmmm. Okay -- any ideas for a better term? Something that describes
> taking different source classes and fusing them into a new whole,
> possibly using single-inheritance... Frankenstein, maybe? ;)

(Remember that Frankenstein was not the monster, but the scientist.)

“Hybrid”?

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Ben Finney
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