LESS: Better to use inheritance or multiple classes

Question

I have a LESS file with an inputbase(){} class. I use it on a lot but not every input type. When I compile I have a lot of repeated styles in the outputted CSS file

Answer 1

In the first place it seems to depend on the version of Less you use. Take a look at https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/8947. First it has been identified as a bug. In that case you could choose wait for the bug fix or change your code.

Later on it will discussed if it is a bug or not. Different use of parenthesis will give different results. Also their will be an issue about mixins with the same name as classes, see also: https://github.com/less/less.js/issues/1437