@Directive().inputs And @Input() Are Not Functionally Equivalent In Angular 7.2.13

Ben Nadel demonstrates that the @Directive().inputs and @Input() meta-data syntax in Angular 7.2.13 are not functionally equivalent. This reaffirms his belief that the collocating of meta-data at the top of a class is both easier to read and, now, clearly easier to consume across a wider variety of contexts (such as class inheritance).