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Invariants are not a synonym for mixins, I'm not even sure where that idea might have come from. Invariants are assertions that are true throughout a program or subset of a program (like loop invariants). Where did you get this notion they were synonyms for mixins and what would that even mean?

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> Invariants are not a synonym for mixins, I'm not even sure where that idea might have come from. Invariants are assertions that are true throughout a program or subset of a program (like loop invariants). Where did you get this notion they were synonyms for mixins and what would that even mean?

It was my own understanding; Thanks for suggesting clarification. I falsely associated such mixins with encapsulated behaviour. It was my take on mixins and may have translated the term invariant wrong. Appreciated.

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