Stylistic question about inheritance
Ivan Van Laningham
ivanlan at pauahtun.org
Thu Mar 31 23:25:10 EST 2005
Hi All--
Michele Simionato wrote:
>
> recently I realized that they look better on the paper
> than in practice. A non-needed class just adds cognitive
> burden to the maintainer.
Agreed. Too many classes make me think I'm back trying to figure out
what the )(*#@$ those guys were thinking making 200 twelve-line ASP
classes. Ya think there's a hard-wired limit past which your brain
melts?
> Paraphrasing Occam, I would say "don't multiply base classes without
> necessity" ;)
>
+1 QOTW
Metta,
Ivan
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