Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Yo-yo problem In computer science, the yo-yo problem is that programmers need to scan the inheritance graph to understand the control flow of a program. It often happens in object-oriented programming. The term is derivered from up-down movement of a toy yo-yo. Most practices of object-oriented programming recommend keeping the inheritance graph as shallow as possible to avoid this problem. Some additionally advise the use of composition instead of inheritance. See also: Object-oriented programming, Complexity This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.