decorator-breaks-object-identity

Status: IN

The Decorator pattern breaks object identity: a decorated component is not identical (==) to the original component, which can cause issues if client code relies on object identity checks.

Source: entries/2026/06/17/gof-oo-chunk-12.md

Depended on by

• composition-scalability-identity-safe
• compositional-monism-bounded-by-identity-fragility
• decorator-niche-confirmed-but-operationally-bounded
• decorator-niche-identity-bounded
• decorator-operational-constraints
• decorator-wrapping-taxonomy-operationally-sound
• incremental-adoption-safely-sustainable-within-identity-bounds

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