Embedding in Go: Composition Over Inheritance Done Right

Go’s lack of inheritance is deliberate. The Go designers observed that inheritance hierarchies tend to create tight coupling and fragile base classes — problems that composition avoids. Embedding is Go’s tool for composition: you can embed one type in another and promote its methods, without inheritance’s downsides. It’s more powerful and more subtle than it appears. ...

January 5, 2022 · 5 min · MW
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