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		throwaway894345 on Oct 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cue: A new language for data validation Sort of. Inheritance extends (hence the keyword of the same name) while constraints restrict (or constrain).

verdverm on Oct 20, 2021 [–]

Inheritance also allows overrides, which is something CUE errors on. CUE has Go like embedding so you can reuse common schema or config.

CUE's constraints are in the "middle" of the spectrum (lattice, partially ordered graph) from abstract types to concrete data.

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