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The Tragic Death of Inheritance (avivcarmi.com)
submitted 1 year ago by snaggen@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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[–] mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's a good alternative to inheritance in your Animals example?

[–] snaggen@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you look at Rust for example, then you specify the Traits instead. So, you could define a trait that defines the properties for birth, another to define if the animal have a beak, and another one to define the number and type of legs. The each animal implement these traits, which then properly can define a duck, cat and a platypus.

[–] mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the explanation! I haven't worked with Rust before, would these traits be an equivalent of C# interfaces?

[–] snaggen@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Traits are similar to an interface, but with some differences. Here is a comparison with Java interfaces https://stackoverflow.com/a/69485860