On 7/15/04 5:55 PM, David Wheeler wrote: > I kind of like it, but only in environments where attributes are virtually > always READ, and rarely WRITTEN. So maybe it should be: > > # Perl-style > $d->day; # accessor > $d->day(1); # mutator > > Or: > > # Java-style > $d->get_day; # accessor > $d->set_day(1); # mutator > > Thoughts?
The first one, definitely. The get_/set_ style always strikes me as a poor fit for a "dynamic" language like Perl. Plus, think of the Perl 6 version of DateTime. MMD will give you thee best of both worlds: separate methods, both "named" the same thing :) -John
