Questions to the FAQ

[Josef Wolf]

First of all, thanks to all who responded.  I think I begin to understand
what's going on here.

Stefan Seefeld wrote in <GNXIc.4283$F57.941 at nntp-post.primus.ca>:
> no, because that wouldn't be delegation but inheritance. Delegation is
> *not* about subclassing, but about delegating a task to another object.

Ah, _now_ i see the difference...

John Lenton wrote in <mailman.346.1089774773.5135.python-list at python.org>:
> no, UpperOut isn't a file, it _has_ a file. It passes all messages on
> to the file, except for write, which it mangles a bit before passing
> it on, too.

So to instantiate it one would use "foo=UpperOut(some_file_object)"?

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