--On May 24, 2005 7:39:40 AM -0600 Antone Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at 01:52 AM, Henry Story wrote: >> Simplify, simplify. I am for removing all inheritance mechanisms...
+1. Inheritance has very minor advantages and very serious disadvantages. Inheriting values saves typing. It does not save bandwidth, because HTTP compression will do nearly as well. It is confusing and tricky to specify and implement. It makes the entry different when it is standalone or in a feed. It multiplies the number of test cases needed for validation. Any one of those problems is serious. wunder -- Walter Underwood Principal Architect, Verity
