On Feb 11, 2008 3:49 AM, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think we are in general agreement, albeit with different levels of > trust/toleration of the technique. Direct access is preferred to > getter/setter methods but is in turn less desirable that higher > level methods where they exist. The only contention seems to be > whether a values() type mutilple-return method is worth anything over > direct access. My personal taste is that if I need the entire > "official" > state of an object I'd like a method to give it me in one piece, but > others obviously may feel differently. > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
States, getters-setters, direct access....... I'm still in toilet-training here/ 8^D Can you provide some simple examples that illustrate exactly what and why there is any contention at all? TIA -- b h a a l u u at g m a i l dot c o m "You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul." [Mahatma Gandhi] _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
