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There’s a legitimate argument for choosing reasonable code duplication over inheritance. It comes up a lot in iOS development when you just need a new UIView wi
by aphextron 9y ago
There’s a legitimate argument for choosing reasonable code duplication over inheritance. It comes up a lot in iOS development when you just need a new UIView with a few tweaked string values. DRY should not be an unassailable mantra. Keeping a flat class heirarchy keeps programmers sane.
- hooph00p 9y ago>DRY should not be an unassailable mantra. Excellent takeaway.
- binarycrusader 9y agoOr as the Rob Pike puts it, "A little copying is better than a little dependency." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAAkCSZUG1c&t=9m28s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAAkCSZUG1c&t=9m28s