From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-05-10T07:56:11+09:00
Subject: Re: An idiom I like... modifiable defaults

Glenn Parker wrote:
> Hal Fulton wrote:
> 
>>
>> Sometimes objects are created with certain defaults.
>> One way to override them is with default values in
>> the constructor (and often corresponding writer methods).
>>
>> But sometimes I "don't like" the default and want to
>> change it (for this program/session).
>>
>> Often I use class-level accessors for that purpose.
> 
> 
> Not very thread-safe, at least not in your example's implementation.
> 

No. I suppose if I were using this with threads I would
wrap the thread-safety code around it rather than hiding
it inside.


Hal