Joan Miller <pelok...@gmail.com> writes:
> Is possible to get a third class with the class variables of another
> two classes?
Multiple inheritance is allowed in Python:
class Baz(Foo, Bar):
pass
However, it leads to complications that you likely don't want, e.g.
<URL:http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=246341>.
Is it *really* the case that the new class is best expressed by an IS-A
relationship to *both* the others? (“Every Baz IS-A Foo; every Baz IS-A
Bar”)
You should consider composition, instead. Decide which other class
represents the more general case of the new class, and give it
additional capabilities through a HAS-A relationship. (“Every Baz IS-A
Foo; every Baz HAS-A Bar”)
class Baz(Foo):
def __init__(self):
self.bar = Bar()
That way, you keep the clarity of single inheritance and additional
capabilities are accessed through an attribute.
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