From: Philipp Hofmann <phil@...126.de>
Date: 2008-02-04T11:18:06+09:00
Subject: Re: @var = change to accessor method? Why?



i'm on your side, ben. i don't think that using accessor methods for
every instance variable is advisable. 

basicly it's a 2nd encapsulation of an attribute within an object that
undermines the encapsulation that comes with oo design.

i think in a good oo design one should think twice for every instance
variable that gets an accessor. and it's the privilege of an object's
methods to be able to write to instance variables directly.

if one feels the urge to encapsulate an instance variable within an
object, maybe it's time to write another class. 

g phil



On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 02:54:04AM +0900, Day wrote:
> In ZenTest 3.9.0's release notes
> (http://blog.zenspider.com/archives/2008/01/zentest_version_390_has_been_released.html),
> it says, "Cleaned out nearly every @ and use accessor methods instead.
> You should too."
>
> ...