From: Jason Voegele <jason@...>
Date: 2002-04-03T04:47:30+09:00
Subject: Mixins vs. Multiple Inheritance

Given that including a module M into a class C

* Mixes in all methods from M into C
* Results in C#is_a?(M) to be true
* Does not resolve name collisions

how is mixing in multiple modules really any different from standard 
multiple inheritance?

I suspect that it has something to do with repeated (i.e. "diamond") 
inheritance structures, but I don't see how modules resolve this issue 
either.

What are your thoughts?

Jason Voegele