[python] What is a mixin, and why are they useful?

I think there have been some good explanations here but I wanted to provide another perspective.

In Scala, you can do mixins as has been described here but what is very interesting is that the mixins are actually 'fused' together to create a new kind of class to inherit from. In essence, you do not inherit from multiple classes/mixins, but rather, generate a new kind of class with all the properties of the mixin to inherit from. This makes sense since Scala is based on the JVM where multiple-inheritance is not currently supported (as of Java 8). This mixin class type, by the way, is a special type called a Trait in Scala.

It's hinted at in the way a class is defined: class NewClass extends FirstMixin with SecondMixin with ThirdMixin ...

I'm not sure if the CPython interpreter does the same (mixin class-composition) but I wouldn't be surprised. Also, coming from a C++ background, I would not call an ABC or 'interface' equivalent to a mixin -- it's a similar concept but divergent in use and implementation.

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