From: Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@...>
Date: 2005-08-29T11:31:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Method behaves differently when called using #send

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Douglas Livingstone wrote:

>On 8/29/05, Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>It breaks encapsulation for anything to call a private method other than
>>the object itself... So, I guess it needs to have scope...
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>We have open classes remember :)
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>It isn't so much a problem that send/send! can break encapsulation,
>rather it is "when you want to break encapsulation, how do you want to
>do it?"
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>Douglas
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Yes but adding/taking away from an object doesn't change it's 
interaction with the world...

The engine of a car can be added to and taken away from ... it's an 
instance ... but, that doesn't give the gas pedal control over the 
radiator...

Encapsulation should be enforced... My vote is solidly against adding 
anything that allows something outside of an object to have access to 
that objects internal bits... bad juju.

j.

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