On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Wheeler wrote: > Has a different naming convention for the two types of methods. 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
Let me cut off this line of discussion, because I really, really, really hate this style of dual-purpose methods. The reason I dislike it so much is that it's impossible to distinguish between a mutator and an accessor that accepts arguments to affect what it returns. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
