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doc: discourage use of util.inherits; point to es6 extends

Rodrigo Muino Tomonari requested to merge github/fork/eljefedelrodeodeljefe/tests/use-extends into master
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  • documentation is changed or added
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Description of change

util.inherits breaks the prototype chain. A fix does not seem useful, since ES6 extends provides language level support for the same functionality.

This commit starts phase out mentions of the method.

Fixes: #4179 (closed), #6512 (closed)

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