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==Current solutions==
The first option is in principle easier, but it is unfortunately limited by the fact that many classes restricts inheritance of certain members or forbids it completely. This includes sealed class and the different primitive data types in C# such as [[int|Integer (computer science)|int]], [[float|Floating_point|float]] and [[string|String (computer science)|string]]. The second option, on the other hand, does not share these restrictions, but it may be less intuitive as it requires a reference to a separate class instead of using the methods of the class in question directly.
 
As an example, consider a need of extending the string class with a new reverse method whose return value was a string with the characters in reversed order. Because the string class is a primitive type, the method would typically be added to a new utility class in a manner not unlike the following: