[General lang] how to call a parent

[A. Lloyd Flanagan]

JOHN FABIANI <johnf at jfcomputer.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1055717427.23489.python-list at python.org>...
> I never thought of keeping a linked list of the parents of an object but
> that will work.  Thanks to all for the info.  I'm also checking on the
> reserved work 'super'.  I'm reading an older book.
> 
> John
> 
I'm sensing some fundamental confusion here.  There are several common
meanings for the term "parent" of an object.

The most fundamental, and the one most posts are addressing, is that
of a parent of a class being one of its superclasses in an inheritance
relationship.  That's the type of parent to which super() applies. 
I'm not sure if Visual Foxpro supports true inheritance; if it
doesn't, the concept probably won't be clear to you.

The meaning of "parent" which is aided by keeping a linked list is
when parent refers to an object (not a class) in some form of
hierarchy of objects, such as a tree.

I've also seen "parent" used in visual environments to refer to the
container of a control.  In this case "parent" refers to an object
which may be a totally different class, and the relationship is one
where the container "owns" the control and constrains its behavior.

So what sort of "parent" are you talking about here?