Reusing object methods?

[Ivan Voras]

Jp Calderone wrote:

>> I want to 'reuse' the same method from class A in class B, and without 
>> introducing a common ancestor for both of them - is this possible in 
>> an elegant, straightforward way?
> 
> 
>  This is what sub-classing is for.  If it makes you feel better, call it 
> "mixing in" instead.  You can share this method between two classes 
> without inheritance (by defining a free function and then ...), but 
> using a common base class really is just the right way to do it.

Ok.