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lxm on Sept 28, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Taking PHP Seriously [pdf]

Abstract classes in Python are kinda bolted on http://docs.python.org/2/library/abc.html

They're native to PHP http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.abstract.php

Daishiman on Sept 28, 2013 [–]

Abstract classes are unnecessary and "unpythonic", if you will; there's a lot of other preferred patterns in Python for that use case.

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