Should Class Helpers be used in developing new code?

Question

Delphi 8 introduced Class Helpers for the purposes of mapping the VCL/RTL to the .NET object hierarchy. They allow injecting methods into an existing class without overriding t

Answer 1

I found this article very interesting. It deals with C++ but the main ideas are language independent. The main gist is that global routines are sometimes preferrable to methods even in an OOP environment. From this view point, there's less need for class helpers.