What is the difference between extends Object with Observable and extends Observable

Question

What is the difference between extends Object with Observable and extends Observable as applied to the class below.

The result is the same when the application is run.

library models;

import 'package:polymer/polymer.dart';

class Person extends Object with Observable {
  @observable String name;
  @observable bool signedAgreement = false;

  Person();

  Person.from(Person other) {
    name = other.name;
    signedAgreement = other.signedAgreement;
  }

  blank() {
    name = '';
    signedAgreement = false;
  }
}


library models;

import 'package:polymer/polymer.dart';

class Person extends Observable {
  @observable String name;
  @observable bool signedAgreement = false;

  Person();

  Person.from(Person other) {
    name = other.name;
    signedAgreement = other.signedAgreement;
  }

  blank() {
    name = '';
    signedAgreement = false;
  }
}

Answer 1

There no difference in the behaviour between this two declarations.

Here's a quote from Florian Loitsch :

When you extend "Object" with a mixin the first mixin can always take the place of "Object".

The only little difference is in class hierarchy (superclass are not the same) :

import 'dart:mirrors';

abstract class Mixin {}
class A extends Mixin {}
class B extends Object with Mixin {}

main() {
  print(reflectClass(A).superclass); 
  // => ClassMirror on 'Mixin'

  print(reflectClass(A).superclass.superclass);
  // => ClassMirror on 'Object'

  print(reflectClass(B).superclass); 
  // => ClassMirror on 'dart.core.Object with .Mixin'

  print(reflectClass(B).superclass.superclass); 
  // => ClassMirror on 'Object'
}