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Interface + Trait vs Abstract Class
While developing my application I faced an interesting situation:
I have multiple DTO's which are almost identical in terms of methods, only properties are different. For example I have AccountDTO ...
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C++20, specialize struct once per type and allow member functions to take type as reference, raw, std::unique|shared_ptr or any other smart ptr
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I have some existing functions which expect containers which can be iterated and which have certain value_type. The value_type can be a value or some (smart) pointer.
All the value_type have ...
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How to track C++ class traits?
As a fan of regular types and value semantics, I'm keen on classes becoming more regular and being non-polymorphic. As a fan of non-throwing operations, I'm keen on operations being noexcept. I also ...
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What's the difference between a Mixin and a Trait?
From what I can tell from Scala and Hack-
Mixins:
Can have state (ie. instance properties)
Can only provide concrete methods
Can have constructors, that are called in the same order that their ...
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Comparision of modeling with inheritance vs idiomatic trait based composition
I recently I started learning Rust and Scala and what struck me was the lack of inheritance model that I'm used to in C++ and Java.
Although I can model simple things with structs and traits in Rust,...
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Is it possible to mock and inject traits in PHPUnit?
I need to extend a third party class I cannot modify. The class's dependencies are for the most part injected through the constructor, making them easy to mock. However the class also uses methods ...
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Why not make a language with mixin-only inheritance? [duplicate]
It seems that in all class-based or prototypal OOP languages, mixins are either an afterthought or a secondary feature. However, to me it looks like traditional inheritance is just a specific case of ...
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When to use trait components, objects, package objects in Scala
When I am adding dependencies in Scala, I tend to use mixin trait components for those that are inherit to the class itself. For example, DaoGenerator extends Generator
However, for trait components ...
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Is there a way to document required properties in traits (PHP)?
I'm fairly new to using traits in PHP and am wondering if there is a way to ensure that a class including a trait has particular properties.
I know that you can use something like the following to ...
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Why can't the Scala compiler give pattern matching warning for nonsealed classes/traits?
If I use an unsealed trait or abstract class in Scala and then use pattern matching, I wonder, does the compiler not know at compile time for this particular patternmatch what possible implementations ...
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