From: Simon Vandemoortele <deliriousREMOVEUPPERCASETEXTTOREPLY@...>
Date: 2003-10-15T12:25:46+09:00
Subject: Re: [OO interface design] Pass-by reference VS encapsulation ?

On Thu, 01 May 2003 at 12:20 GMT, Dave Thomas wrote:
> However, that's not the way I'd go. Instead I'd make the objects all 
> mutable, and have a 'save' method that stored them away on a change. 

Something like this ?

#+v
c = myAddressbook.getContact('Simon Vandemoortele')

c.age = 25                | Inconsistent
c.name = "delirious"      |    phase 

begin
  c.save     // Make data consistent again
rescue DuplicateEntryError
  puts "There's already an entry by that name in the addressbook."
end
#-v


Simon


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