The biggest complaint that I have seen is the issue of speed. If you do
var foo: String = obj.theLetterA you expect that to be a hash
lookup/dereference/something fast. If you do var foo: String =
obj.getSomething() and you are thinking about speed, you go and look at
what getSomething() is doing. This makes sense to me, while the other
arguments I've heard against get/set make no sense to me.
For the record though I've never used get/set functions because I don't
see the point in making the syntax stranger compared to the other
languages I've used which either don't have or didn't provide me a good
reason to use get/set. Can someone tell me any benefit at all?
Daniel
Pete Miller wrote:
Just to fuel your query, how does it affect the user to know whether
they are 'get'-ing from a variable or a function call, encapsulation
considered?
P.
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Coding Standards: Use of Get/Set
I was wondering what people's thoughts were on the use of get and
set functions. I personally have felt that creating functions such
as:
public function get theLetterA(){
return a;
}
so the user can simply call someObject.theLetterA are confusing
because
the user doesn't know if they are doing a function call or accessing
a
public variable. I prefer writing functions such as:
public function getTheLetterA(){
return a;
}
So the user needs to explicitly call the function
someObject.getTheLetterA().
Are there advantages to using get and set that I'm not seeing?
I ask because I was always use getVariable() functions and started
reading ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns and the authors (as well
as
many others I've read) are using get and set functions.
Daniel Holth
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