Chapter 14. Choosing between Inheritance and Composition
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In this chapter, you will see more examples of inheritance and composition. I will start with a smaller example and compare the use of inheritance with other programming techniques.
I am going to compare different design alternatives for implementing the same program. "Design" here means the same as it has in the rest of the book: deciding what parts (classes) the program should consist of and what responsibilities (data members and member functions) should be assigned to each part. In comparing different design ...
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