[DGD] data inheritance: multiple vs single ancestry

[Raymond Jennings]

Ewww...

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Kent Mein <mein at cs.umn.edu> wrote:
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> On Mar 21, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Raymond Jennings <shentino at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Ok, just curious about this:
>>
>> Phantasmal has "archetypes" where properties and things can be
>> inherited from multiple ancestors.  In some cases, the prime ancestor
>> (first on the list) is used for stuff that can't be aggregated,
>> whereas things like nouns and adjectives can be inherited from every
>> parent.
>>
>> However, SkotOS as you know has only a single "ur (you are)" pointer
>> and data inheritance is forcibly singular.
>>
>> Is it better to allow multiple ancestry, or are things better off with
>> the simple model where you can only have one parent?
>
>
> I don't know if there is an absolute answer to your question.  I prefer to
> keep things simple.  Otherwise you wind up with stuff like this:
>
> http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~mein/dgd/objects.png
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> gurbalib's current basic objects and inheritance….
>
> It can easily get out of control.  Having said all of that, I think it's useful if used
> in the right way.
>
> Kent
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