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Putting Traits in Perspective

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Traits have been proposed as a mechanism to compose and share behavioral units between distinct class hierarchies. Several versions have been developed and they have been used to build complex libraries. This keynote puts in perspective the current versions and stress their relationships and limits.

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    Stéphane Ducasse

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  1. Computer Science Department (DCC), Universidad De Chile, Blanco Encalada 2120, Santiago, Chile

    Alexandre Bergel

  2. PLEIAD Laboratroy, Computer Science Department (DCC), Universidad De Chile, Blanco Encalada 2120, Santiago, Chile

    Johan Fabry

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Ducasse, S. (2009). Putting Traits in Perspective. In: Bergel, A., Fabry, J. (eds) Software Composition. SC 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5634. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02655-3_2

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