# Simplicity for Trivial Reuse

> The degree to which composition adds wiring that inheritance would make simpler for trivial reuse.

Record: `lexicon:simplicity-for-trivial-reuse`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-simplicity-for-trivial-reuse

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Performance Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/performance-overhead.md) and before [Specialized Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/specialized-optimization.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## In tension with

- [Composition Over Inheritance](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/composition-over-inheritance.md)
- [Composition Over Inheritance / Simplicity for Trivial Reuse](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/composition-over-inheritance-simplicity-for-trivial-reuse.md)

## Linked from

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)