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Mon Apr 18 00:51:28 CEST 2011 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-April/110836.html

Mark Janssen wrote:
> I have to say it is quite strange to
> me that there is no distinction made between IS-A relationship and
> HAS-A relationships with regard to the issue of Inheritence.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. Inheritance is (or
should be) used only for is-a relationships. Misusing it
for has-a relationships leads to problems.

> Python, confusingly makes no syntactic distinction,

Yes, it does, as long as you use composition instead of
inheritance for has-a relationships.

-- 
Greg

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