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Re:Inheritance Often Doesn't Make Sense by tome on Sunday March 18, 2018 @09:12AM (#16611788)
Will a bicycle? A plane? A boat?
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Re:Inheritance Often Doesn't Make Sense by coldtea on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:21AM (#16616831)
Most of them. But that's not the point. Not all subtypes are applicable to any task in OOP either.
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Re:Inheritance Often Doesn't Make Sense by tome on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:32PM (#16621536)
Then I'm not quite sure what's the point of them. Surely instead of using a type you're allowed to use any of its subtypes.
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