Re: How do I retrieve the 'type' of an object

["muppet" <scott asofyet org>]

A. Pagaltzis said:
> * muppet <scott asofyet org> [2004-06-07 12:44]:
> > in this situation, though, polymorphism will require
> > multiple inheritance,
>
> No, it doesn't. You should simply stick your methods in the
> existing base class package. (Ruby calls it mixins and in Perl6
> we will be doing that routinely.)

ugh!  since when is this considered to be a good idea?  i've always thought of
it as a quick and dirty way to get something to work, but not something you
want to use for Real Solutions.


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