Re: Seven Design Transformation Strategies

Hello, Richard.  On Thursday, November 11, 2010, at 12:16:38 PM,
you wrote:

> I was following along nodding my head until I got to the last one:

>         "Duplicate

>         Duplicate anything that is only partially different
>         to enable removing larger quantities of duplication."

> Since I really strive to eliminate duplication in code that I'm
> writing or refactoring, this one really gave me pause.

> Can you elaborate a little more on this principle?  I *think* I know
> what you're talking about, but the amount of fuzz buzzing around my
> head when I think about this causes me to ask for clarification :-)

I take this to mean something like "make things that are partially
different and partially similar MORE similar, then remove the
duplication.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
I could be wrong. I frequently am.



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