On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 06:52:29PM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote:
> >>>>> "JNP" == Joshua N Pritikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> JNP> On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 02:22:25PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >> In otherwords there should be two methods. One for the user, say
> >> data(), and one for sub-classes that want to ensure data integrity,
> >> say private_data()
>
> couldn't the method names be the same and the constructor use a special key
> to save the data? then the primary watcher would have access to that
> with the data method and any subclassed ones would work fine too.
That would defeat the object of the private data. The method is designed
so that sub-classes do not need to pass a key.
I think two methods is the way to go.
Graham.
