very well written Luke.
this is the stumbling block between the article & my use of OOP in
Director.
> There may be a fine line between passing data in a
> parameter (such as the percentage of the movie played) and a
> blunt "heres my
> private data for anyone that asks" type accessor, but surely
> such a line can
> be measured only by how it protects object encapsulation and
> re-usability?
perhaps it is, as Colin K says, a matter of semantics. I think I said
that in about the middle of the thread. and Director's current mixed
OOP/procedural state makes it difficult to define the boundaries some
times.
this thread has helped me, and hopefully others, think & rethink all
of this stuff in a better way. biz has been somewhat slow & I have not
been in the crazy_with_work phase this summer so I have time tho think
about the process for a change. most of the time I'm just looking for
the fastest & most reliable way to get something done. not always the
same goal unfortunately I might add.
cheers,
Al
Al Hospers
CamberSoft, Inc.
al<at>cambersoft<dot>com
http://www.cambersoft.com
Shockwave and Director development, Lingo programming, CGI scripting.
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