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Explanation of Object-parameter-coupling as mentioned in Code Complete book

I have been reading up on the seminal and excellent book Code Complete. It discusses about the various kinds of couplings that can happen between modules(which may be classes as well as methods): ...
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Is a pair of two tightly coupled classes any better than a single, larger class?

I'm rewriting somebody else's code at the minute, and I came across two classes which reference each other directly and call methods on each other. Like so (example in C#): class A { B otherClass; ...
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Automated object creation from user input

I am working on a command-line application that runs simulations. It has to be heavily configurable; the user should be able to provide a very large number (100+) of parameters, some mandatory and ...
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Architecture Best Practice (MVC): Repository Returns Object & Object Member Accessed Directly or Repository Returns Object Member

Architecturally speaking, which is the preferable approach (and why)? $validation_date = $users_repository->getUser($user_id)->validation_date; Seems to violate Law of Demeter by accessing ...