Chris Siebenmann on Twitter: "@eevee Is the core of inheritance here a method resolution order plus the ability to call methods of your name 'behind' you, ie super()?"

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eevee ‏@eevee 3 Mar 2015

people who love inheritance: please tell me what problems it has solved for you that you don't think could be solved otherwise
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eevee ‏@eevee 3 Mar 2015

i guess the case inheritance is best suited for is deep hierarchy. biggest example that comes to mind is GUI libs.
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eevee ‏@eevee 3 Mar 2015

the question, then, is: how would you rearrange wx or qt to use traits instead?
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eevee ‏@eevee 3 Mar 2015

worst case is where each level adds extra behavior to the same method — can't exactly ask each trait for its input on some operation

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@eevee Is the core of inheritance here a method resolution order plus the ability to call methods of your name 'behind' you, ie super()?

2:34 PM - 3 Mar 2015

Chris Siebenmann