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What are mixins in Python?

Q: What are mixins in Python?

A **mixin** is a small class that bundles a focused piece of behavior to be **mixed into** other classes via multiple inheritance. It's not meant to be instantiated on its own and usually holds **no state** — it just contributes methods that assume the host class provides certain attributes: JsonMixin to_json() ReprMixin __r

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