On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Dave Rolsky wrote: > I don't actually object to having separate methods. My > point was more that a verb isn't always a good thing. > $cgi->get_param is really no clearer than $cgi->param, > _given_ that there is a known convention of not > prepending 'get_' to accessors. I don't mind prepending > 'set_' (or whatever) for set methods because I think its > a good idea to emphasize that something in the object > will change if you call that method.
the verb can give a clue as to the type of attribute being accessed. ex: - getFoo, setFoo for strings, ints, floats - isFoo, setFoo for bools - findFoo, getFoos, addFoo, removeFoo for lists this can be quite handy for clearly understanding an api.
