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[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aggregation > composition > inheritance

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Was gonna say just this. Inheritance is powerful but something to reach for sparingly. 80% of the time aggregation and composition can solve the problems.

I’ve cleaned up too many inheritance nightmares in my day from people who insisted inheritance was the way to go.