On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:30:01 -0600, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hope this doesn't confuse anyone, but setters and getters are very
> similar, in use, to VB's subs and functions, respectively. VB subs do
> something, but don't return a value; VB functions do something and then
> return a value.
Be aware that a very common style of programming in C++ and Java is to
have setters return this so that you can chain method calls:
person.setFirstName("Sean").setLastName("Corfield");
In other words, saying a setter is like a sub is misleading...
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