From: Ryan Davis Date: 2008-02-04T18:57:21+09:00 Subject: Re: @var = change to accessor method? Why? On Feb 3, 2008, at 18:18 , Philipp Hofmann wrote: > basicly it's a 2nd encapsulation of an attribute within an object that > undermines the encapsulation that comes with oo design. How exactly does making/using an accessor method "undermine the encapsulation"?