Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > > Whether internal accesses to instance vars should use accessors instead of > direct access is a subject to debate (read: religious war). I hope you > haven't accidentally triggered that thread here. > >
There is a nice discussion of the pros and cons of each in: http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/BestSmalltalkPractices/Draft-Smalltalk%20Best%20Practice%20Patterns%20Kent%20Beck.pdf Pages 68-69. My summary - direct for clarity, indirect for inheritance. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Is-it-generally-considered-better-practice-for-an-object-to-access-its-own-variables-via-its-getter-methods--tp18859170p18890668.html Sent from the Squeak - Beginners mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list [email protected] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
