Quote: delegation inheritance shares attributes while embedding inheritance copies attributes; can distinguish in object-based languages but not class-based languages
Topic: object-oriented prototypes
Topic: inheritance by delegation
Topic: inheritance of properties
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Prototype-based languages that permit the sharing of attributes … method invocation from an object or prototype to … … [p. 45] In embedding inheritance, a freshly created host … In class-based languages the embedding and delegation models … [when a parent class changes or when a delegation link changes to a different parent].
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