From: Bob Hutchison <hutch@...>
Date: 2002-04-03T23:22:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Mixins vs. Multiple Inheritance

Hi,

On 4/2/02 9:00 PM, "Yukihiro Matsumoto" <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In message "Mixins vs. Multiple Inheritance"
>   on 02/04/03, "Jason Voegele" <jason@jvoegele.com> writes:
> 
> |how is mixing in multiple modules really any different from standard
> |multiple inheritance?
> 
> Mix-in is subset of multiple inheritance.  So mix-in can be done using
> MI.  It's just a way to simplify class relationship.

Is there someplace that outlines what you can do with multiple inheritance
but not mix-ins? I've wondered this many times myself, and I suspect the
original question could be answered with that outline.

Bob

> 
> matz.