Re: [Openinteract-help] subclassing/overriding perhaps?

[Chris W. <ch...@cw...>]

Andreas Nolte wrote:
> I saw Chris Winters already sketched a solution for a subclassing
> solution implementing an ISA relationship. 
> Maybe you should consider also using a HAS A relationship. You would
> define a new SPOPS class with ISA Telus::User, maybe has some extra
> stored attributes but then HAS A base_user. There are multiple ways in
> SPOPS to do this with the has_a, links_to and object_link things. I like
> object_link the most because I think it` s the most flexible.
> 
> Using this approach, you do not need to worry much about the base
> packages and upgrading is a snap.

This is an excellent suggestion for SPOPS objects. As the GoF says: 
"Favor object composition over class inheritance." :-)

Chris

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