On Wednesday 31 October 2001 12:11, Paul Rubin wrote:
>  Peter Wang <pzw1@[...].edu> writes:
>  > while i feel that Python makes me far more productive as a programmer
>  > for all the projects on which i've worked, i'm inclined to agree that
>  > the lack of data hiding coupled with lack of a standard interface
>  > specification would cause problems in a team.
> 
>  If by "interfaces" you mean Java-like interfaces, that's a bogus
>  criticism since Python supports multiple base classes, which let
>  you do the same things and then some.

Java interfaces != multiple inheritance.

They address completely different issues. Mutliple inheritance allows one to 
include functionality from multiple base classes in one step. An interface 
indicates that your class implements a specific set of methods. Interfaces 
don't implement functionality, therefore indicating that your class 
implements multiple interfaces doesn't add any additional functionality.


   Richard

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