You always compare "implicit getter/settter" with "explicit getter/setter".
Just a thought of mine is to compare "implicit getter/setter" with
public variables.
When you use someClass, that was written by someone else, you do not
know if the following code uses "implicit getter/setter" or is just a
public variable:
someClassInstance._fancy = 10
If it is an "implicit getter/setter", it can do for example some kind
of event handling, like like calling onFancy() or broadcast("onFancy")
everytime you set the _fancy property.
So "implicit getter/setter" are hiding such things effectivly from the
user of you classes.
Matthias
2007/2/14, T. Michael Keesey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
One of the few reasons to use explicit getters/setters in AS2 is as
part of an interface. AS2 does not allow implicit property getters and
setters in interfaces.
// Will not work in AS2:
interface Ratio {
function get percent():Number;
}
// Will work in AS2:
interface Ratio {
function getPercent():Number;
}
Fortunately, AS3 has remedied this problem.
--
Mike Keesey
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