Posted by Toby A Inkster on 07/29/07 09:10

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> It's aggregation, not inheritance.

Despite the name of the function, aggregate() actually does something a
lot closer to multiple-inheritance than what is normally considered
aggregation. The properties and methods of the "aggregated" class are
taken on by the given object.

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