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		tree_of_item on Feb 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Game Development Essentials #1 - Don’t use inherit... Languages with traits may not allow them to be changed at runtime, which may be a useful behavior to have in a game.

yvdriess on Feb 7, 2012 [–]

Composition may be done at runtime, but indeed changing the behavior of an existing object at runtime is not something trait systems provide. Cloning into a new object with different traits is perhaps an option.

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