From: Alex Martelli <aleaxit@...>
Date: 2001-08-08T13:35:18+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19333] Re: Perl/Python/Ruby common backend (Parrot, can Ruby play too?)

"Phil Tomson" <ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com> wrote in message
news:zwWb7.29640$C7.10332563@e3500-chi1.usenetserver.com...
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> >change a class's bases...) --
>
> Not sure about this one - do you mean that you can change the class's base
> class?

base classes, plural (which I had shortened to 'bases') -- you can change
the tuple of base classes of a class, yes (multiple inheritance), and indeed
the typical use is adding a mix-in on the fly, e.g.:

    theclass.__bases__ += (themixin,)


Alex