[Python-Dev] PEP 560: bases classes / confusion

[Ethan Furman]

On 11/16/2017 04:22 AM, Ivan Levkivskyi wrote:
> On 16 November 2017 at 07:56, Nick Coghlan wrote:

>> Jim also raised an important point that needs clarification at the spec
 >> level: given multiple entries in "orig_bases" with __mro_entries__ methods,
 >> do all such methods get passed the *same* orig_bases tuple? Or do they
>> receive partially resolved ones, such that bases listed before them have
 >> already been resolved to their MRO entries by the time they run.
>
> Yes, they all get the same initial bases tuple as an argument. Passing
 > updated ones will cost a bit more and I don't think it will be needed
 > (in the worst case a base can resolve another base by calling its
 > __mro_entries__ manually).  I will clarify this in the PEP.

If the extra complexity is to:

 > - given orig_bases, a method could avoid injecting bases already listed
 >   if it wanted to
 > - allowing multiple items to be returned provides a way to programmatically
 >   combine mixins without having to define a new subclass for each combination

And each method is passed the same original tuple (without other methods' updates) then don't we end up in a situation 
where we can have duplicates base classes?

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~Ethan~