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Yup, I've been using mixins for a while now to reduce code bloat. It seems like placeholders are degenerate forms of mixins. edit After more reading, they are

• jenius 14y ago
  The one advantage that extends provides is less code bloat (if you use them right) in the compiled product - rather than inserting the same code, extends will add the select to the list with the previous selector. So if you were to write something like this: .hello { color: red; } .world { @extends .hello; background: blue } ...it would compile to something like this: .hello, .world { color: red; } .world { background: blue; } na'mean?
  • lowboy 14y ago
    I'm picking up what you're putting down, but I was thinking more placeholders vs. mixins. Although I guess placeholders would avoid this code bloat too, and they can be used as selectors.