Codejock Developer Community : Public member variables... http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:48:52 +0000 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:30:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8613 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[Public member variables... : Why do you keep some member variables...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8613&PID=27925&title=public-member-variables#27925 Author: znakeeye
Subject: 8613
Posted: 31 October 2007 at 5:30am

Why do you keep some member variables public? I think it's time to add those Get/Set-functions and hide them!

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1) Bad design. Period!
2) It looks awful.
3) A Set-method makes it easier to debug variable assignments and a Get-method sure makes it a lot easier to track down where the variable is being used.
 
Member variables that cannot be subclassed should always be private and always accessed via the Get-function!
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