On 2007-02-13, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, what problems ocurring with > > class A: pass > class B: pass > class C(A, B): pass > > could be avoided by writing > > class A: pass > class B(A): pass > class C(B): pass > > instead?
With multiple inheritance, the choice of algorithm for Method Resolution Ordering isn't obvious or trivial. As I understand it, Python got it wrong for quite some time, allowing "bad" hierarchies to compile, i.e., classes for which the properties of local precedence ordering and monotonicity did not hold. URL:http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.3/mro/ -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
