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Meaning of SPAGHETTI INHERITANCE

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[encountered among users of object-oriented languages that use inheritance, such as smalltalk] A convoluted class-subclass graph, often resulting from carelessly deriving subclasses from other classes just for the sake of reusing their code. Coined in a (successful) attempt to discourage such practice, through guilt-by-association with spaghetti code.

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