I tend to send this link on whenever this debate comes up, good article on public vars vs. getters and setters from a well respected Actionscript coder.
http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/2005/03/no-brain-getter-and-setters.cfm And I also agree with Steve, Ian, the others, I used to be against public vars, but now I see when they don't need to have a "brain" i.e logic is run when they are called, and it's ok to allow them as a pair (i.e. both get and set), then there is no reason to not use public vars since from an interface perspective, they are exactly the same. And if you ever need the "brain" inserted into getting or setting, it's extremely simple to add them afterwards. Just writing out get and set for everything just bloats your code. There is a place for both. I code public vars all the time now, probably more than get/set pairs. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested in Flash Platform technologies? Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? Check out the Innovative Learning Blog and subscribe. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
