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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/contracts/inheritance.rst
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Expand Up @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ Multiple Inheritance and Linearization

Languages that allow multiple inheritance have to deal with
several problems. One is the `Diamond Problem <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_inheritance#The_diamond_problem>`_.
Solidity is similar to Python in that it uses "`C3 Linearization <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C3_linearization>`_"
Solidity is similar to Python in that it uses C3 Linearization
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I think this topic is obscure enough that we should either link to something here or have our own explanation.

I found this, which perhaps could be a replacement: The Python 2.3 Method Resolution Order

I haven't read it in its entirety yet though, so I'm not sure it matches that removed old Wikipedia article, but our MRO was inspired by Python, so it should be the same thing.

to force a specific order in the directed acyclic graph (DAG) of base classes. This
results in the desirable property of monotonicity but
disallows some inheritance graphs. Especially, the order in
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