From: ts Date: 2002-11-17T22:51:50+09:00 Subject: Re: Newbie questions regarding getter/setter methods... >>>>> "G" == Gavin Sinclair writes: G> I think it's worth clarifying here: member variables are always protected. To clarify more, try to forget about "private", "protected" : words which came from another programming language. Only the object can access these variables, and this is also true with "class local" variables, if one day they are implemented. Guy Decoux